Narrow gains drive Wall Street's solid first half

And now there are five, the so-called Magnificent Seven having dropped a couple of amigos on the way to driving Wall Street to a 14% plus gain in the six months to June 28. Friday saw the Dow down 45.20 points, or 0.12%, to 39,118.86; the S&P 500 was off 22.39 points, or 0.41%, at 5,460.48; and the Nasdaq lost 126.08 points, or 0.71%, to 17,732.60. For the quarter, the S&P 500 gained 3.9%, the Nasdaq rose 8.3%, and the …