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For Wall Street, March is best month since 2002 (Reuters)

In this March 2, 2009 file photo, specialist Michael Sollitto works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones industrial average plummeted below 7,000 at the opening bell and kept driving lower that day, finishing at 6,673 ? a loss of nearly 300 points. The first quarter on Wall Street was so extreme it included a bear market and a bull market all its own ? moves that sometimes take years or more. Now investors head for spring still unsure which side is in control. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)Reuters - Stocks climbed on Tuesday, driving the S&P 500 to its best month since October 2002, as investors snapped up top-performing bank and technology shares as the first quarter came to an end.


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