Just as when we brought your attention some positive economic indicators last week, this weekly jump in all but one of the shares on our list has to be viewed as just that.
However transient and irrelevant in the long term last week might turn out to be, it's still nice to report on indicators moving in the right direction.
All three of our indices finished up on the week, with the tech-heavy NASDAQ leading the way. A look at our table reveals why, with several tech stocks registering double-figure increases and graphics company NVIDIA registering a whopping 24.2 percent jump.
It looks like a lot of these gains were prompted by investor optimism on the nature of the economic stimulus plan proposed by US president Barack Obama, which is currently working its way through Congress. There appears to be a feeling that if and when the market starts to turn upward, it will be led by tech stocks.
