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 New batch of Epstein files contains more eyebrow-raising claims. Judge orders release of 5-year-old, father. Joshua trees' early blooms are a big problem. Springsteen plays protest song for Minneapolis. Report an error