The Dow average moved up a third of a point, to close at 1,846.82.

The Dow average closed up 2.23 points, to 3,282.42, another record high.

The Dow average finished the week with a gain of 303.91 points, or almost 4 percent.

The Dow industrial average ended 45.80 points higher at 5,705.23, its first close above 5,700 in nearly a month.

The total impact of the five programs may have added 2.72 points to the Dow industrial average, they said.

In all of 1986, the Dow average had gained 22.6 percent.

"The service sector of the economy has been reflected in the Dow average since 1928."

This year, along with 1925, 1964 and 1987, are the only years that ever saw the Dow average at least one new record a week.

From 1973 through 1977, the dogs beat the Dow average by 10 or 20 percentage points a year.

Twelve months after the third cut that year, the Dow average was more than 40 percent higher.