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Year in stocks: S&P 500 ends wild 2011 in same spot
San Francisco Chronicle Bay Area stocks followed a similar course as the S&P 500, though individual companies posted big gains and declines. The Bloomberg index of local companies climbed less than 1 percent in 2011, barely keeping a three-year run of increases alive. … S&P 500 Misses 2011 Gain by a Hair; Dow Rises 5.5% on Year US Stocks Erase Yearly Gain as S&P 500 Moves Least Since 1947 S&P 500 eking out gain for 2011 |