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Wall St. up on earnings, biotech boosts Nasdaq

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Reuters NEW YORK
Last Updated : Mar 21 2015 | 2:28 AM IST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Friday, pushing the Nasdaq to a fresh 15-year high and helping the S&P 500 to snap a three-week streak of losses following upbeat results from Nike, further gains in biotech and a pullback in the dollar .

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 168.42 points, or 0.94 percent, to 18,127.45, the S&P 500 gained 18.82 points, or 0.9 percent, to 2,108.09 and the Nasdaq Composite added 34.04 points, or 0.68 percent, to 5,026.42.

(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by James Dalgleish)

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First Published: Mar 21 2015 | 2:10 AM IST

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