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Urgent: Dow extends record run on upbeat data

Xinhua, May 20, 2015 Adjust font size:

U.S. stocks ended narrowly mixed on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average eclipsing previous day's closing record, as April's housing data came out well above market consensus.

The Dow inched up nearly 0.1 percent, and the S&P 500 edged down 0.1 percent, while the Nasdaq fell 0.2 percent. Endite