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Urgent: Nasdaq ends at record high on Yellen's comments

Xinhua, June 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

U.S. stocks surged on Thursday, with the Nasdaq Composite Index surpassing its dotcom bubble peak set in March 2000, as investors took Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's remarks as a dovish tone.

Both the Dow and the S&P 500 jumped 1.0 percent, while the Nasdaq leapt 1.3 percent. Endite