November 6, 2009 Market Analysis with Jim Lowell Play video

(NECN) - Despite the increase in the nation's unemployment rate, investors found some positives in the market today, and stocks finished with modest gains.

The Dow Jones industrial average closed at 10,023-- gaining 17 points.

The Nasdaq composite finished at 2,112-- picking up seven points.

The S-and-P 500 ended at 1,069-- up more than two points.

Regionally -- Bloomberg’s New England index was up three quarters of a point.

The New England tech stock index gained one.

Jim Lowell, Chief Investment Strategist at Adviser Investments has Friday’s Market Analysis.