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Post by bot on Nov 2, 2015 18:11:50 GMT -5
U.S. stocks end higher as health-care, energy shares rally
U.S. stocks closed near session highs on Monday with energy, health-care and financial stocks leading solid gains. Investors welcomed a spate of deals and earnings results while brushing off weak manufacturing data. The S&P 500 gained 24.69 points, or 1.2%, to 2,104.05, about one percentage point below its all-time high reached on May 21. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 165.22 points, or 0.9%, to 17,828.76 and turned flat for the year. The Nasdaq Composite ended the day up 73.40 points, or 1.5%, at 5,127.15, lifted by a jump in biotechnology stocks. The Russell 2000 outperformed other indexes by rallying nearly 2% according to preliminary data on FActSet to 1,184.
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