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Urgent: U.S. stocks eke out modest gains amid global growth concerns

Xinhua, January 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

U.S. stocks managed to end slightly higher Tuesday after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its global economic forecasts for the next two years.

The Dow edged up less than 0.1 percent, and the S&P 500 gained 0.2 percent while the Nasdaq rose 0.4 percent. Endite