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U.S. stocks - Indexes post gains for a 5th week

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Reuters NEW YORK
Last Updated : Sep 06 2014 | 1:45 AM IST

By Akane Otani

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Major U.S. stocks indexes notched a fifth straight week of gains on Friday as weak jobs data suggested to some investors there is little risk the Federal Reserve will speed up its plans to hike interest rates.

For the session, based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 67.72 points or 0.4 percent, to 17,137.3, the S&P 500 gained 10.02 points or 0.5 percent, to 2,007.67 and the Nasdaq Composite added 20.61 points or 0.45 percent, to 4,582.90.

(Additional reporting by Herbert Lash; Editing by Bernadette Baum and Nick Zieminski)

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First Published: Sep 06 2014 | 1:39 AM IST

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