U.S. stocks climb following Dow’s record day
Posted: March 6, 2013 at 11:18 a.m.
FILE - In this Tuesday, March 5, 2013, file photo, specialist Christian Sanfillippo, right, smiles as he works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow's new all-time high and better economic data from the United States propelled world stock markets higher Wednesday March 6, 2013.
NEW YORK — An unexpectedly large increase in private hiring helped send stocks hiring in midday trading, a day after the Dow Jones industrial average surpassed its previous record high.
The Dow was up 32 points at 14,285 shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose a point to 1,541. The Nasdaq composite was also up a point at 3,225.
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