Market diary.

With oil prices hitting six-month lows and the Federal Reserve holding the line on interest rates hikes, the stock market put in another good showing for the week ended Sept. 20. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 11,613.20, up 0.6 percent and just 100 points below its all-time high roached in 2000. For the year, the index is up 8.4 percent. The S&P 500 and the LABJ 200 posted similar gains for the week, while the Nasdaq closed up 1.1 percent at 2,252.89. Among local stocks, advances led declines 105 to 85, with 15 issues hitting new highs and only eight hitting new lows. The software sector again led all industries with a 5.3 percent gain for the week, followed by manufacturing at 4 percent and restaurants/retail at 3.6. Automotive/plastics/metals posted the biggest losses at 3.7 percent for the week, followed by construction/engineering and energy/utilities, both oft 2.6 percent. Among individual companies, shares of Hansen Natural Corp. rose 17 percent to $34.95 after Fortune Magazine ranked the firm No. 2 on its list of 100 fastest growing companies. Shares of Napster Inc. rose 14.8 percent to $3.95 after the firm announced it had retained UBS Investment Bank to explore partnerships or a sale of the company. Among the biggest losers was Cherokee International Corp., which saw its shares fall nearly 14 percent to $3.36 as the stock retreated from a run-up in the previous week on news of a major contract.