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Wall Street ends up for second day on strong auto sales

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Reuters NEW YORK

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended higher for a second day on Wednesday on strong auto sales and as a possible military action in Syria was seen as limited.

The Dow Jones industrial average was up 97.84 points, or 0.66 percent, at 14,931.80. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index as up 13.34 points, or 0.81 percent, at 1,653.11. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 36.43 points, or 1.01 percent, at 3,649.04.

(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Nick Zieminski)

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First Published: Sep 05 2013 | 1:36 AM IST

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