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Wall Street rally sends S&P to record high

Updated: 2013-05-01 04:54
( Xinhua)

NEW YORK - US stocks continued to rise on Tuesday, with the Standard & Poor's 500-stock Index setting new all-time high and main stock indices ending the month higher, boosted by upbeat housing data, consumer confidence and rising tech shares.

The Dow nearly inched up 0.1 percent, and the S&P 500 added 0.3 percent while the Nasdaq rose 0.7 percent.

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