Wall Street Stocks End Spectacular 1H
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2019-06-29 HKT 04:38
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Wall Street stocks advanced on Friday, concluding a banner first half of the year even as a prolonged US-China trade war led to losses on the week.
The broad-based S&P 500 finished the session at 2,941.75, up 0.6 percent for the day. The index has risen 17.3 percent so far this year, the best first half of a year since 1997.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.3 percent to 26,559.96, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 0.5 percent to 8,006.24. (AFP)
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