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Wall Street rises, buoyed by economic data; Dow sets high

December 5, 2016 By publisher

U.S. services sector activity hit a one-year high in November, with a surge in production boosting hiring, following on the heels of Friday's employment report that showed strong job gains last month. “A lot of people were negative going into the election, or cautious, so now they’re scrambling year-end to own stocks,” said Alan Lancz, president of investment advisory firm Alan B. Lancz & Associates Inc in Toledo, Ohio. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 45.82 points, or 0.24 percent, to 19,216.24, the S&P 500 gained 12.76 points, or 0.58 percent, to 2,204.71 and the Nasdaq Composite added 53.24 points, or 1.01 percent, to 5,308.89.

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Wall Street rallies as Fed holds fire on rates

September 21, 2016 By creative

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street racked up gains on Wednesday, and the Nasdaq closed at a record high, after the U.S. Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged, for now leaving intact the low-rate environment that has helped underpin the bull market.

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Wall Street Week Ahead: Sleepy summer may give way to freaky fall

September 3, 2016 By publisher

The dog days of summer have lived up to their sleepy reputation this year as far as U.S. stocks are concerned, but market gyrations could soon pick up as a traditionally more volatile time of year looms.

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Wall Street pushed higher by healthcare, energy stocks

April 6, 2016 By publisher

The collapse of the $160 billion merger of Pfizer and Allergan bolstered the healthcare sector on rising hopes that the pharmaceutical giants could turn to smaller targets. A seven-week rally – sparked by rising oil, strength in the economy and a cautious Fed – helped stocks recover from a steep selloff that had sent the S&P 500 down more than 10 percent earlier this year.

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April 6, 2016 By admin

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Wall Street slightly lower as crude oil slips

March 2, 2016 By publisher

U.S. crude fell about 1 percent after a report from the American Petroleum Institute (API) showed that an increase in crude stockpiles was way above estimates. Wall Street closed sharply higher on Tuesday, helping the S&P 500 claw back most of its losses in the last two months. “The market got severely overbought yesterday,” said Jeffrey Saut, chief investment strategist at Raymond James Financial in Florida.

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Wall Street surges at end of awful January

January 29, 2016 By admin

At one point last week, the S&P's loss for 2016 reached 11 percent before recovering to end the month down 5 percent. Global equities got a surprise boost on Friday after Japan's central bank cut a benchmark rate below zero to stimulate its economy. Microsoft shares jumped 5.83 percent on better-than-expected results.

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Wall Street rally stamps exclamation point on volatile week

January 22, 2016 By publisher

A 4.3-percent jump in the S&P energy sector laid the foundation for the S&P 500's strongest session so far this year. After dropping earlier this week to 2014 lows, the S&P 500 has recovered in the past two sessions to end the week 1.4-percent higher. The Dow Jones industrial average rallied 1.33 percent to finish the session at 16,093.51 points while the S&P 500 surged 2.03 percent to 1,906.9.

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Wall Street rallies on gradual Fed tightening, improving economy

December 16, 2015 By creative

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rallied on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve announced it is raising its key policy rate for the first time in nearly a decade in a sign of confidence in the U.S. economy.

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