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Wall Street ascends, S&P 500 heads for best month since 2015 – Metro US

Wall Street ascends, S&P 500 heads for best month since 2015

Wall Street ascends, S&P 500 heads for best month since 2015
Reuters

(Reuters) – Wall Street extended its rally on Thursday as strong earnings from Facebook Inc added to optimism after the Federal Reserve’s dovish remarks the previous day, while investors waited for the outcome of U.S.-China trade talks.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 5.96 points, or 0.02 percent, to 25,008.9, the S&P 500 gained 23.65 points, or 0.88 percent, to 2,704.7 and the Nasdaq Composite added 98.66 points, or 1.37 percent, to 7,281.74.

(Reporting By Noel Randewich; Editing by Dan Grebler)