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Industrials lead S&P, Dow to record highs

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow and S&P 500 set record closing highs on Wednesday helped by gains in industrial stocks, but losses in technology shares limited the advance and weighed on the Nasdaq Composite.

The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> rose 59.31 points, or 0.31 percent, to 19,083.18, the S&P 500 <.SPX> gained 1.78 points, or 0.08 percent, to 2,204.72 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 5.67 points, or 0.11 percent, to 5,380.68.

The U.S. stock market will be closed Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday.

(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Nick Zieminski)

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First Published: Nov 24 2016 | 2:37 AM IST

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