But it was not enough to pull the three major averages back into positive territory for the year.

The advance put the Dow into positive territory for the year.

"The important thing is that the market continues in positive territory - it's holding."

Paper issues, which have been strong this week, remained in positive territory.

The Dow average spent most of the session in barely positive territory.

Very few other stock markets ended the year in positive territory.

Five minutes later, the Dow roared back into positive territory and was up 50 points.

And positive territory is what the fund's shareholders have come to expect.

Almost immediately, the market had turned around and was in positive territory.

Might yet get into positive territory for the first time in nine days.