Friday, 13 July 2007

US STOCKS-S&P 500 hits record; GE gains on buyback plan

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, July 13 - The S&P 500 index
climbed to a record on Friday, surpassing levels reached
during the Internet bubble, as General Electric Co.
increased a stock-buyback plan and data showed improving
consumer sentiment.




The Standard & Poor's 500's milestone came a day after a
market rally in which the Dow industrials racked up their
biggest one-day point-gain in more than four years. The S&P
500 also capped its best two weeks in 11 months.


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