Wall Street ends up, breaks 6-day losing streak

09/06/2011 - 20:05

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street stocks ended higher for the first time in over a week on Thursday, with the Dow and the S&P 500 rising 1 percent, but many analysts saw the rebound as short-lived.

Based on the latest available results, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 75.42 points, or 0.63 percent, to end unofficially at 12,124.36. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 9.45 points, or 0.74 percent, to finish unofficially at 1,289.01. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 9.49 points, or 0.35 percent, to close unofficially at 2,684.87.

(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Jan Paschal)