US stocks rise toward the finish of a record-breaking week

The S&P 500 rose 0.4% and clawed back some of its two straight days of losses since setting its all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 242 points, or 0.5%, as of 11:45 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.5% higher.

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