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Urgent: U.S. stocks close at record highs amid data, earnings

Xinhua,December 16, 2017 Adjust font size:

NEW YORK, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks rose on Friday, with all three indices notching record highs, as Wall Street meditated on the newly-released economic data as well as corporate earnings reports.

The Dow added 0.58 percent, and the S&P 500 rose 0.90 percent, while the Nasdaq increased 1.17 percent. Enditem