US stocks close out strong 2014 with a down day

The Associated Press
January 1, 2015 at 12:32AM
A trader works while wearing 2015 glasses on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. U.S. stocks were little changed on the last trading day of a year that capped the biggest bull market since the 1990s. Photographer: Jin Lee/Bloomberg
A trader works while wearing 2015 glasses on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. U.S. stocks were little changed on the last trading day of a year that capped the biggest bull market since the 1990s. Photographer: Jin Lee/Bloomberg (Evan Ramstad — Bloomberg/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market had another solid year.

The Standard & Poor's 500 rose 11.4 percent for 2014. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 7 percent and the Nasdaq composite rose 13 percent.

On Wednesday the market started higher but gave up those gains by the afternoon. Utilities fell the most.

The S&P 500 was down 21 points on the day, or 1 percent, ending the year at 2,058.

The Dow lost 160 points, or 0.9 percent, to 17,823. The Nasdaq fell 41 points, or 0.9 percent, to 4,736.

Energy stocks fell the most in 2014 as the price of oil collapsed. Oil fell 45 percent this year, its biggest yearly loss since 2008.

Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note edged down to 2.18 percent.

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