The major North American indexes were led by the NASDAQ with a 10½ percent increase, the Dow and S&P 500 at nearly 9 percent, and the TSX delivered a very healthy gain of more than 7 percent. 

It was another positive week for equity investors. The major North American indexes all made strong gains, as did the global All-Country World Index (ACWI), which lagged the local indexes, but still moved ahead by about one-third of a percent.