Stocks Close Higher on Wall Street

Dow ends day up 148
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Mar 13, 2019 3:18 PM CDT
Stocks Close Higher on Wall Street
Specialists John O'Hara, left, Dilip Patel, center, and Erica Fredrickson work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, March 13, 2019.   (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Stocks closed higher on Wall Street, led by gains in health care and technology companies and giving the market its third straight gain, the AP reports. Intel rose 1.5% Wednesday and UnitedHealth Group climbed 2.6%. Boeing briefly dipped, but finished slightly higher, after the US said it was joining other countries in grounding the company's 737 Max 8 airplane following a fatal crash of an Ethiopian airliner over the weekend. The market has been rebounding this week following its worst week since December. The S&P 500 rose 19 points, or 0.7%, to 2,810. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 148 points, or 0.6%, to 25,702. The Nasdaq rose 52 points, or 0.7%, to 7,643. (More stock market stories.)

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