Author: by Ken Sweet AP Markets Writer

NEW YORK – The stock market closed out May on a mostly higher note Friday, sending two out of the three major U.S. indexes to record highs. Trading was uneven, and indexes moved between small gains and losses for most of the day. A late push higher left the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard…

NEW YORK – Another quiet day, another quiet record. Stocks rose modestly Thursday, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 index to another record high. Investors rallied behind a bidding war in the food industry as well as a somewhat positive report on the U.S. labor market. The S&P 500 rose 10.25 points, or 0.5 percent,…