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Urgent: U.S. stocks end higher despite soft data

Xinhua, February 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

U.S. stocks closed mildly higher after wavering between gains and losses Thursday, as Wall Street meditated on a batch of weaker-than-expected economic reports.

The Dow rose 0.49 percent, and the S&P 500 added 0.15 percent, while the Nasdaq inched up 0.12 percent. Enditem