Thursday, July 12, 2007

US STOCKS-Dow, S&P end at records on retail sales, Alcoa talk

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, July 12 - U.S. stocks surged on
Thursday, with the Dow hitting a record on its biggest point
gain since 2002, after healthy retail sales reassured
investors about consumer spending and a $38 billion mining
takeover fed expectations for more deals.




The Standard & Poor's 500 index also closed at a new
record and is now within several points of its lifetime high.


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