Friday, July 13, 2007

US STOCKS-Blue chips rise on GE, consumer sentiment

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, July 13 - U.S. blue-chip stocks rose on
Friday, sending the Dow to a record, as General Electric Co's
expanded share repurchase plan and a
stronger-than-expected reading of consumer sentiment tempered
worries about the economy's health.




Shares of GE, the world's second-largest company by market
capitalization, rose 2 percent, putting the stock among the Dow
industrial average's biggest advancers, along with shares of
Alcoa Inc. and Caterpillar Inc


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