Money | Dow Jones Dow Edges Up 2 Points Traders avoid big bets ahead of jobless figures By Nick McMaster Posted Mar 2, 2010 3:20 PM CST Copied In this Feb. 25 file photo, trader Albert Young, left, studies his screens as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file) Stocks fell from their daily highs but managed to preserve token gains as American Express said overall credit quality was improving and the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index rose 1.1%, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Dow gained 2 points to close at 10,406. The Nasdaq added 7 points, settling at 2,281. The S&P 500 rose 3 points, closing at 1,118. Read These Next A banquet hall shooting left 4 dead in Stockton, California. White House site now lists accusations against news outlets. One mystery is solved around chilling Holocaust photo. Police say a homeowner in Maryland pulled a gun on Christmas carolers. Report an error