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S&P 500 closes at a record; Hewlett-Packard gains

By Washington Examiner
Published August 21, 2014 8:08pm ET
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S&P 500 closes at a record; Hewlett-Packard gains
Trader Tommy Kalikas, center, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014. U.S. stocks are opening higher, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 index closer toward another record high. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) | Richard Drew

NEW YORK (AP) — Another round of buying on the stock market is sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 index to its latest record high.

Traders were encouraged by earnings gains and a decline last week in the number of people applying for unemployment benefits.

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