Stocks rose Friday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indexes both hitting intraday record highs, led by technology stocks, on good corporate earnings, government approval of the T-Mobile and Sprint merger, and better-than-expected economic growth.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 64 points or 0.2% to 27,206 while the S&P 500 index added 24 points, or 0.8% to 3,027. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 100 points to 8,338 for a gain of 1.2%.
New all time highs intraday were seen for the S&P500 at 3,027.80 and for Nasdaq at 8339.64.
Source: Marketwatch
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