Earlier in the session the blue-chip indicator was up as much as 244 points.

The close, at 2,691.49, brought the blue-chip indicator up 99.49 points for the week.

Last Friday the key blue-chip indicator closed at a record 2,572.07.

And, by one measure, the blue-chip indicator actually did go above 2,000.

The blue-chip indicator has climbed 99.49 points in the last seven sessions.

In early afternoon, the key blue-chip indicator even managed a small gain of about 5 points.

Since the beginning of the year, the key blue-chip indicator is up 671.49 points, or 35.4 percent.

Since reaching its 1988 closing high of 2,158.61 on July 5, the blue-chip indicator has slipped 104.91 points.

For the week, the key blue-chip indicator fell a cumulative 25.43 points.

The blue-chip indicator again failed to close above the psychologically important 2,110 level.