After an early move to the upside, stocks have fluctuated over the course of the trading session on Wednesday but largely maintained a positive bias. The major averages are adding to the substantial gains posted in the previous session.
Currently, the Nasdaq is up 27.16 points or 0.2 percent at 14,121.54 and the S&P 500 is up 12.52 points or 0.3 percent at 4,508.22. The narrower Dow reached a new high for the session in recent trading and is currently up 170.07 points or 0.5 percent at 34,997.77.
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