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Urgent: Nasdaq closes at 15-year record amid earnings, data

Xinhua, April 24, 2015 Adjust font size:

U.S. stocks ended mildly higher Thursday, with the Nasdaq Composite Index setting a new closing record for the first time in 15 years, as investors assessed a heavy day of earnings and economic data.

The Dow rose over 0.1 percent, and the S&P 500 added 0.2 percent, while the Nasdaq was up 0.4 percent. Endite