Money | S&P 500 Dow Up 12 as Stocks Claw Back From Abyss Dow off 170 midday on European credit woes By Nick McMaster Posted Feb 5, 2010 3:19 PM CST Copied Trader Gregory Rowe, left, and specialist Michael Sollitto, center, react on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly dips below 10,000, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Stocks regained their opening levels after severe losses that saw the Dow off 170 points at midday today. Despite better-than-expected US employment figures, worries about the creditworthiness of some troubled European nations exerted downward pressure on stocks, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Dow Jones closed up 10.05 points at 10,012.23. The Nasdaq gained 15.69 to close at 2,141.12. The S&P 500 added 3.07 to settle at 1,066.18. Read These Next Two photos show 'person of interest' in Kirk shooting. MSNBC analyst fired for his take on Charlie Kirk shooting. Disturbing video of Charlie Kirk shooting was spreading online. Bob Menendez's wife is going to prison for years. Report an error