Wall Street surges to new record
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Positive employment data, as well as takeover activity, help push the Dow Jones to its 26th record close this year.
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Blue-chip stocks rose on Friday, sending the Dow to a record, as General Electric Co's  expanded share repurchase plan and a stronger-than-expected reading of consumer sentiment tempered worries about the economy's health.
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U.S. stocks surged for a second day today after tame inflation data encouraged investors already buoyed by the Federal Reserve's interest-rate cut the day before.
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U.S. stocks rose for a third day on   Wednesday, pushing the Dow average near its record close, as   data showing a surprise gain in new home sales bolstered   optimism about the economy and corporate profits.
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THE share market reached a record high today, despite a negative lead from the US where markets fell overnight. At 1030 AEST, the benchmark S&amp;P/ASX 200 index was trading at 3595.
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Stocks rose on Friday, driving the Dow industrials to a record high after unexpectedly flat consumer price data reassured investors that U.S. economic growth and inflation are under control.
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U.S. stocks surged on Thursday, with the Dow hitting a record on its biggest point gain since 2002, after healthy retail sales reassured investors about consumer spending and a $38 billion mining takeover fed expectations for more deals.
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NEW YORK - A fresh surge in oil prices set a new trading record and threatened to push past $50 per barrel Monday, unnerving investors and sending stocks lower.    After setting a new all-time record settlement price of $48.88 on Friday, oil continued its march higher on Monday, creating new worries on Wall Street that the slowdown in profits and the economic recovery would extend through the end of the year due to high energy costs...
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Leading Wall St shares surged overnight after a bounce in Pfizer&#39;s shares and an upgrade for Intel, sending the Dow to a three-and-a-half year high.
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Traders erupted into boisterous cheers on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday as the market soared and the Dow Jones industrials catapulted to a new record close, an achievement that took on particular significance considering Wall Street's position just a year ago.
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NEW YORK -- The Dow Jones industrial average reached a milestone Thursday in Wall Street's nearly seven-year recovery from corporate upheaval, economic recession and terrorism, briefly trading above its record high close of 11,722.98 set on Jan. 14, 2000.
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European stock markets hit a new six-and-a-half year high on Friday following the record close on Wall Street.
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The Dow Jones index ends at a new high of 12,765, beating a record set one day earlier.
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Stocks jumped on Tuesday, pushing the S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite indexes more than 1 percent higher, as Wall Street joined Asian and European markets in a rebound after the recent global sell-off.
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U.S. stocks surged on Thursday, driving the Dow industrials to a record close on strong earnings from companies such as investment bank Bear Stearns Cos. and an improving outlook for the U.S. economy.
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The Dow Jones industrial average and the S.&P. 500 both closed at record levels for the second straight day, capping a week which saw the Dow surge 295 points.
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U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, pushing   the Dow Jones index to its second-highest close ever, as an   unexpectedly big jump in consumer confidence eased investor   concerns about the effect of slowing economic growth on   corporate profits.