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S&P 500 ends at record on mergers, ECB; small caps rise
Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday as the S&P 500 scored a second straight record close, buoyed by the latest round of merger activity and as expectations for rate cuts by the European Central Bank stoked investors' appetite for equities. Stocks climb; Fourth straight gain for S&P 500 US stocks close higher; S&P 500 at record Zoom! Stocks break more records |