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MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stocks Rise To Continue Record Run

U.S. stocks rose Wednesday, with the S&P 500 extending record gains into a fifth session, after companies including Electronic Arts Inc. projected earnings that beat estimates.A day after closing above 15,000 for the first time, The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) added 48.92 points to 15,105.12, its second straight record close.Closing with a fifth consecutive record, the S&P 500 index (SPX) gained 6.72 points to 1,632.68.Materials and technology fed sector gains, while utilities led losses among the S&P 500's 10 major industry groups."The baton seems to be getting passed from defensive names like utilities to consumer discretionary, industrial and energy names," noted Dave Gedeon, managing director at Nasdaq OMX Global Indexes.Friday's nonfarm payrolls report for April, which relayed a better-than-expected increase of 165,000 jobs, combined with rising home values, "continue to add to market confidence that economic conditions are improving," Gedeon said.Electronic Arts (EA)rallie...

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