Nasdaq, S&P at new five-year highs

Thursday, April 6, 2006

NEW YORK -- The Nasdaq composite and Standard & Poor's 500 indexes closed at five-year highs Wednesday after a positive report on the economy's service sector pushed stocks modestly higher. A jump in oil prices, however, minimized Wall Street's gains.

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