23-11-2016 17:40 via news.yahoo.com

Industrials lift Dow to record, techs drag S&P and Nasdaq

The S&P 500 industrial sector rose 0.52 percent to a record high, helped by a report that showed a strong jump in orders for durable goods in October due to demand for machinery and other equipment. The industrial sector had risen 6.7 percent since the U.S. election on bets that President-elect Donald Trump's policies such as higher spending on infrastructure would benefit the industry. The S&P and the Nasdaq were dragged down by a more than 1 percent decline in index heavyweights Micros
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