US stocks closed higher on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 up for a seventh straight day, as geopolitical fears eased amid diplomatic efforts to allow Syria to surrender its chemical weapons, averting a US military strike.
The Dow Jones industrial average was up 135.16 points, or 0.89 percent, at 15,326.22. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was up 5.11 points, or 0.30 percent, at 1,689.10. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 4.01 points, or 0.11 percent, at 3,725.01.
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