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Post by bot on Jan 6, 2017 23:03:27 GMT -5
S&P 500, Nasdaq close at records after solid jobs report
U.S. stocks notched new closing records Friday following a solid jobs report as the Dow industrials came within a fraction of breaching the 20,000 mark. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 64.51 points, or 0.3%, to finish at 19,963.80, just short of its previous closing record of 19,974.62, led higher by shares of Nike Inc. and Walt Disney Co. . Earlier in the session, the blue-chip average reached an intraday record of 19,999.63. The S&P 500 index closed up 7.98 points, or 0.4%, at a record 2,276.98, with the tech and industrials sectors the strongest performers. The Nasdaq Composite index finished up 33.12 points, or 0.6%, at a record 5,521.06.
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