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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks registered record high closes on Thursday as optimism about a U.S.-China trade deal firmed and as Apple and other market heavyweights posted strong gains.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 212.35 points, or 0.74%, to 28,957.44, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 21.64 points, or 0.67%, to 3,274.69 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 74.18 points, or 0.81%, to 9,203.43.
Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Chris Reese
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