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Specialist Peter Mazza, center, works with traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Stocks are opening mostly lower on Wall Street led by declines in utilities and real estate companies. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

US stock indexes close mostly higher; oil up

by Alex Veiga Associated PressMarch 29, 2017

FILE - This July 16, 2013, file photo, shows a Wall Street street sign outside the New York Stock Exchange. European stock markets traded in fairly narrow ranges Tuesday, March 28, 2017, following a late recovery on Wall Street at the end of a session that had been dominated by concerns over the ability of the Trump administration to deliver on its economic and tax plans following its defeat on health care reform. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Stocks close up on consumer confidence

by Alex Veiga Associated PressMarch 29, 2017

FILE - This Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, file photo shows the Wall Street entrance of the New York Stock Exchange. Global stocks mostly slipped Friday, March 3, 2017, as investors awaited a speech by Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen later in the day (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Banks, health care companies lead stocks slightly higher

by Alex Veiga Associated PressMarch 3, 2017

The New York Stock Exchange is prepared for the IPO of Snap Inc., Thursday, March 2, 2017. The company behind the popular messaging app Snapchat is expected to start trading Thursday after a better-than-expected stock offering. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Stocks pull back from record highs; oil falls

by Alex Veiga Associated PressMarch 3, 2017

Specialists Gregg Maloney, left, and Michael Pistillo work at their post near the close of trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Banks and other financial companies led U.S. stocks sharply higher, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average to close above 21,000 points for the first time. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Dow crosses 21,000-point mark

by Alex Veiga Associated PressMarch 1, 2017

In this Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, photo, an American flag hangs on the front of the New York Stock Exchange. Global stock markets traded in fairly narrow ranges Tuesday, Feb. 28, as investors awaited a speech by President Donald Trump to both houses of Congress that could have a major bearing on the outlook for all types of financial assets in the near-term. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

Stocks edge lower, breaking a 12-day win streak for the Dow

by Alex Veiga Associated PressFebruary 28, 2017

US stock indexes extend climb into record heights

by Alex Veiga AP Business WriterFebruary 10, 2017

Traders work the floor, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, at the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Strong company earnings drive US stock indexes to new highs

by Alex Veiga Associated PressFebruary 9, 2017

In this Jan. 12, 2017, photo, traders work on the Mizuho Americas trading floor in New York. Stocks are opening slightly lower on Wall Street, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, a day after the Nasdaq composite notched another record high. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Mixed day for stocks

by Alex Veiga Associated PressFebruary 8, 2017

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, file photo, a trader speaks to a security guard as he leaves the New York Stock Exchange, in lower Manhattan. European shares rose solidly Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, after a leading American investment firm recommended clients to buy the region's stocks. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Nasdaq notches new record high

by Alex Veiga Associated PressFebruary 8, 2017