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   The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite hit fresh records on   
   Thursday, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average, also at a   
   record, neared the key psychological 29,000 level as investors   
   moved past the recent escalation of tensions in the Middle East.   
      
   Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %   
   SP500	S&P 500	3379.45	+21.70	+0.65%   
   I:DJI	DOW JONES AVERAGES	29551.42	+275.08	+0.94%   
   I:COMP	NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX	9725.962173	+87.02	+0.90%   
   President Trump celebrated the stock market's strength in a   
   tweet.   
      
      
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   Trump de-escalated tensions with a White House speech late   
   Wednesday morning and on Thursday U.S. officials said they   
   believe Iran accidentally shot down a Ukraine International   
   Airlines flight, a Boeing 737 jet. Initially, reports indicated   
   the aircraft may have suffered a fatal mechanical error.   
      
   Boeing shares jumped on the news, the stock along with Apple and   
   Goldman Sachs contributed to about half of the Dow's 211+ point   
   gain.   
      
   Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %   
   BA	BOEING COMPANY	347.45	+3.03	+0.88%   
   AAPL	APPLE INC.	327.20	+7.59	+2.37%   
   GS	GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC.	238.65	+2.19	+0.93%   
   Defense stocks, which have had a hot start to the year amid the   
   escalating tensions with Iran, gained further ground.   
      
   Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %   
   LMT	LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION	436.60	-3.25	-0.74%   
   NOC	NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION	367.73	-0.31	-0.08%   
   GD	GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION	188.75	+1.81	+0.97%   
   RTN	RAYTHEON COMPANY	229.76	+0.45	+0.20%   
   Meanwhile, commodities attempted to find their footing after   
   seeing sharp reversals following Trump's speech.   
      
   West Texas Intermediate crude oil, the U.S. benchmark, hovered   
   at the $59 a barrel level after plunging nearly 5 percent the   
   previous day. Meanwhile, Brent crude oil, the international   
   benchmark was little changed at the $65 a barrel level after   
   Wednesday's steep slide.   
      
   Energy giants ExxonMobil and Chevron were mixed after suffering   
   losses on Wednesday.   
      
   Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %   
   XOM	EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION	61.27	+0.74	+1.22%   
   CVX	CHEVRON CORP.	112.04	+0.83	+0.75%   
   Gold continued to slide, trading near $1,5450 an ounce. The   
   precious metal hit an almost seven-year high of $1,613.30 on   
   Tuesday evening.   
      
   Miners Barrick Gold and Newmont Goldcorp were lower.   
      
   Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %   
   GOLD	BARRICK GOLD CORP.	18.41	-0.03	-0.16%   
   NEM	NEWMONT GOLDCORP CORPORATION	43.89	-0.33	-0.75%   
   Elsewhere, Bed Bath & Beyond plunged after reporting a $38.6   
   million loss in its third-quarter and warning its sales and   
   profitability will be under pressure for the rest of the fiscal   
   year.   
      
   Costco was higher after its December sales spiked 10.5 percent   
   year over year to $15.42 billion. J.C. Penney and Kohl's were   
   lower after reporting their holiday sales slumped.   
      
   Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %   
   BBBY	BED BATH & BEYOND INC.	11.79	-3.06	-20.61%   
   COST	COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION	315.12	+4.44	+1.43%   
   JCP	J.C. PENNEY	0.74	+0.03	+3.59%   
   KSS	KOHL'S CORP.	45.36	+0.92	+2.07%   
   HP climbed after rejecting a $33 billion takeover offer from   
   Xerox, saying it undervalued the company.   
      
   Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %   
   HPQ	HP INC.	22.48	+0.25	+1.12%   
   XRX	XEROX HOLDINGS	38.19	+0.68	+1.81%   
   Tesla shares fell after Wednesday’s surge gave it a bigger   
   market capitalization than Ford and General Motors combined.   
   Shares of the electric-vehicle maker have surged 17.6 percent   
   this year, saddling short-sellers with more than $2 billion of   
   losses.   
      
   Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %   
   TSLA	TESLA INC.	767.29	-7.09	-0.92%   
   U.S. Treasurys were lower after the Labor Department said   
   initial jobless claims fell to 214,000 last week, better-than-   
   expected. The note on the 10-year yield was up 1.4 basis points   
   at 1.888 percent.   
      
   All of the major European averages rallied with Germany’s DAX up   
   1.4 percent, France's CAC higher by 0.3 percent and Britain’s   
   FTSE gaining 0.5 percent.   
      
   Markets closed higher across Asia. Japan's Nikkei led the way   
   higher, closing up 2.3 percent while China's Shanghai Composite   
   and Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.9 percent and 1.7 percent,   
   respectively.   
        
      
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