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Stocks rallied to records Monday on expectations that lower taxes will lead to even bigger profits for companies.

___ $69B Aetna bid pushes CVS deeper into consumers' lives CVS Health says its $69-billion acquisition of the insurer Aetna will help create a customer "front door" to health care through the chain's network of nearly 10,000 stores.

A federal regulator has given the green light to the CME Group to start trading bitcoin futures, the first time the digital currency will be traded on a major exchange.

Grain futures were higher Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Asian stock markets were mostly higher Friday, after an overnight recovery of technology stocks on Wall Street.

U.S. stocks were moving broadly higher in early trading Thursday as technology companies rebounded after a steep sell-off a day earlier.

___ NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street finished November with a broad rally that gave the Dow Jones industrial average its biggest gain since March and pushed it past the 24,000 mark for the first time.

OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers look poised to agree on Thursday to extend output cuts until the end of 2018 to finish clearing a global glut of crude while signaling they could exit the deal earlier if the market overheats.

Oil was mixed on Thursday after OPEC members agreed to extend curbs on output, though a final deal hinged on a decision by non-OPEC producers later in the day.

The Latest on OPEC's meeting about oil production (all times local): 7:10 p.m. OPEC oil ministers and their non-OPEC partners have agreed to extend crude output cuts until the end of next year in efforts to keep supplies tight and bolster prices.

Grain futures were higher Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Asian stock markets declined Thursday after U.S. tech stocks fell and China reported stronger manufacturing as investors looked ahead to a key OPEC meeting.

OPEC and allied oil producing-nations are going into meetings amid apparent consensus on extending their output cuts.

U.S. stock indexes were mostly higher in early trading Wednesday, giving up some of their gains following the market's best day in two months.

Oil markets opened cautiously on Thursday ahead of the outcome of an OPEC meeting in Vienna later in the day, with members set to debate the path for an extension of the group's supply-cut agreement.

A wealthy Turkish-Iranian gold trader is set to testify at a New York trial about how he helped Iran evade U.S. economic sanctions.

___ Yellen suggests a continuation of gradual rate hikes WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen says the Fed expects to continue raising interest rates gradually.

The latest at the New York trial of a Turkish banker accused of laundering Iranian oil money (all times local): 11:55 a.m.

With the Thanksgiving holiday approaching, U.S. stocks are little changed Wednesday morning after they finished at all-time highs the day before.

Oil is in a solid bull market, and oil-producing nations are walking a tight-rope to keep the party going.