Month End Review By: TalkMarkets April 30, 2015 at 23:11 PM EDT For the month of April, the Dow was up 0.4 percent, the S&P 500 gained 0.9 percent and the Nasdaq rose 0.8 percent. The dollar index fell about 3.7 percent. Read More >> Related Stocks: Tesla, Inc. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.