Another Winning WeekAnother Winning Week

Various signals of an improving economy pushed all of the indexes up this week, and the information 100 lead the pack with a 4.48% weekly gain. The index closed up 1.3% for the day to 255.38

The Nasdaq lost some traction Friday, closing down 18.59 points, or 1.1%, to 1,627.42. For the week, however, it was up 1.9%. PeopleSoft was the big winner Friday on the Nasdaq, with its stock closing up 17.9% to $17.82 following a $5.1 billion takeover bid from Oracle. The Nasdaq-100 index lost 56 cents, or 1.8%, for the day to close at $30.08. Still, it was up 1.2% for the week and ended just 60 cents short of its 52-week high.

Blue-chip investors wavered Friday. The Dow Jones rose 21.49, or 0.2%, to 9,062.79, and was up 2.4% for the week. The S&P 500 lost 2.38, or 0.2%, to 987.76, but was up 2.5% for the week.