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Wall Street closes higher on energy lift

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Reuters NEW YORK
Last Updated : Feb 11 2017 | 2:42 AM IST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street's main stock indexes rose to fresh all-time closing highs as a spike in oil prices supported energy shares and investors renewed their optimism about President Donald Trump's economic agenda.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 98.48 points, or 0.49 percent, to 20,270.88, the S&P 500 gained 8.28 points, or 0.36 percent, to 2,316.15 and the Nasdaq Composite added 18.95 points, or 0.33 percent, to 5,734.13.

(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Nick Zieminski)

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