Even in Wall Street, where everybody is accustomed to the big bull market, the bulls were surprised last week. The market not only recovered from its nine-point slide of two weeks ago. but kept on climbing. At week's end the Dow-Jones industrial average closed at 332.53, up almost five points in a week. This week the market was still climbing. In one day Du Pont, on the rumor of a stock split, jumped 15½ points to 1433½. Said Commerce Secretary Weeks: "I don't care what others think; I believe the stock market is still one of the best barometers...
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