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Banks, industrial companies lift stocks

by Marley Jay Associated PressOctober 24, 2017

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 13, 2015, file photo, the American flag flies above the Wall Street entrance to the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stocks are mixed, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, as household goods and health care companies move higher and banks and energy companies decline. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Tech, health care stocks return indexes to records

by Marley Jay Associated PressOctober 11, 2017

FILE - This March 4, 2013, file photo shows a sign for Wall Street on the side of building near the New York Stock Exchange. Stocks are opening slightly higher on Wall Street, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017, led by gains in technology and consumer products makers. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Stocks rise after strong forecasts

by Marley Jay Associated PressOctober 10, 2017

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 8, 2015, file photo, Federal Hall's George Washington statue stands near the flag-covered pillars of the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stocks are off to a mixed start on Wall Street, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, as gains in big technology companies are partly offset by losses in energy and industrial stocks. Chipmaker Nvidia and business software maker Oracle both rose. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Technology firms and small companies lead US stocks higher

by Marley Jay Associated PressSeptember 29, 2017

FILE - This Wednesday, July 8, 2015, file photo shows the exterior of the New York Stock Exchange. Global stock markets traded in very narrow ranges Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, as investors awaited a speech by the Federal Reserve's Janet Yellen and ongoing worries over North Korea weighed on sentiment. Oil prices, meanwhile, came off two-year highs amid some modest profit-taking. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Tech stocks rise, but indexes little changed

by Marley Jay Associated PressSeptember 26, 2017

FILE - This Monday, July 6, 2015, file photo shows a sign for Wall Street carved into the side of a building in New York. U.S. stock indexes are inching mostly higher in early trading on Wall Street, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, as more gains for Boeing send the Dow Jones industrial average above the record high it reached a day earlier. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

S&P 500 tops 2,500 mark as tech and bank stocks climb

by Marley Jay Associated Presskets WriterSeptember 15, 2017

Specialist Meric Greenbaum works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. U.S. stocks are falling Thursday morning after finishing at record highs the last two days.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Dow ekes out record, Nasdaq slides

by Marley Jay Associated PressSeptember 14, 2017

FILE - This July 16, 2013, file photo, shows a Wall Street street sign outside the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stocks are barely lower early Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, as banks and technology companies give back some of their gains from earlier in the week. Apple continues to take small losses as investors contemplate its new lineup of iPhones and other products. Energy companies and retailers are trading higher. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Stocks edge higher

by Marley Jay Associated PressSeptember 13, 2017

FILE - This Monday, July 6, 2015, file photo shows a sign for Wall Street carved into the side of a building in New York. U.S. stocks continue to rise early Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, as banks move higher along with bond yields and interest rates. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Gains for banks, retailers take stocks to record highs

by Marley Jay Associated PressSeptember 12, 2017

FILE - This Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, file photo shows the New York Stock Exchange at sunset, in lower Manhattan. U.S. stock indexes were wavering between tiny gains and losses in early trading Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. Losses among technology and consumer-focused companies offset gains by financial and health care stocks.(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

US stocks waver again as energy companies fall

by Marley Jay Associated PressSeptember 8, 2017