Market diary.

The week ending Oct. 4 was a good one for the markets, which saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average for the first time in nearly six years close at a record high on Oct. 3 and Oct. 4, reaching 11850.60, up 1.4 percent for the week and 10.6 percent for the year. The Nasdaq posted a gain of 1.2 percent, closing at 2290.95, while the S&P 500 closed up 1 percent at 1350.22. The LABJ 200 was the laggard for the week, closing up a mere 0.4 percent at 134.84. Among local stocks, advances outpaced declines 102 to 84. There were 13 new highs--including Summa Industries, Trio Tech International, and DirecTV Group Inc.--against only four new lows, including Universal Detection Technology. Energy/utilities, software and automotive/plastics/metals were the sectors posting the biggest percentage gains for the week, while computers/peripherals/electronics were the biggest percentage losing sectors. Among individual companies, shares of Wesco Financial jumped 13.2 percent to a 52-week high of $456 as the rental and leasing services industry reacted to news of a consortium buying out competitor GATX Air for $1.46 billion. WPT Holding Inc., promoter of the World Poker Tour, fell 11 percent to $3.51 following the passage of Congressional legislation that outlawed Internet gambling. The company operates an online gaming site that already prohibits U.S. gamblers.