New York – Wall Street closed at record highs on Thursday as surging oil prices and strong earnings from department stores Macy’s and Kohl’s buoyed investor sentiment.
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The Dow Jones industrial average < .DJI> rose 117.86 points, or 0.64 percent, to 18,613.52 the S&P 500 < .SPX> gained 10.3 points, or 0.47 percent, to 2,185.79 and the Nasdaq Composite < .IXIC> added 23.81 points, or 0.46 percent, to 5,228.40.