29-12-2016 16:10 via news.yahoo.com

Strong data, health stocks lead Wall Street higher

Strong economic data and gains in healthcare stocks propped up Wall Street on Thursday, a day after the S&P 500 suffered its biggest fall in two months. U.S. equities had been enjoying a rally since the presidential election in November on bets that Donald Trump would introduce tax cuts, deregulation and higher infrastructure spending that would spur economic growth. The near two-month rally has seen the three main Wall Street indexes rack up double-digit percentage gains, but has left some
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