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Urgent: U.S. stocks end higher amid Fed minutes, diving oil

Xinhua, April 9, 2015 Adjust font size:

U.S. stocks posted modest gains Wednesday, as investors were digesting the minutes of the Federal Reserve's March policy meeting released in the afternoon.

The Dow added nearly 0.2 percent, and the S&P 500 gained 0.3 percent, while the Nasdaq jumped 0.8 percent. Endite