Stock market posts best week of 2012

By Joshua Freed

Published June 8, 2012 8:49pm ET

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Stock market posts best week of 2012 — In an April 12, 2012 file photo traders Frederick Reimer, left, Gregory Rowe, center, and Robert Moran, second from right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. futures augured a lower open on Wall Street Friday June 8, 2012. Dow Jones industrial futures fell 0.7 percent to 12,316 and S&P 500 futures lost 0.8 percent at 1,299.60. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) | Richard Drew

Stocks rose for the fourth day in a row on Friday, capping their best week so far this year.

It was a relief for investors after the big drops of the previous week.

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