Modest gains, led by banks, push US stock indexes higher
June 9, 2017
AP — Financial companies led U.S. stock indexes higher Thursday, nudging the Nasdaq composite index to a record high.
The latest gains came as the stock market continued to trade mostly in a narrow range in the absence of major new economic data and ahead of next week’s meeting of Federal Reserve policymakers.
Speculation that the Fed will raise interest rates helped boost financial stocks for the...
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