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Smithfield rises as S&P 500 heads lower
Financial Times US stocks stumbled on Wednesday as nine of the ten S&P 500 sectors finished lower, with Smithfield Foods standing out after a rise of more than 25 per cent on news it would be bought by a Chinese pork producer. Smithfield Foods jumped 28.4 per cent to … Wall Street boosted by rising home prices |