U.S. stocks closed higher Wednesday with the Dow industrials and S&P 500 notching new records, shaking off early weakness in the health-care sector to extend gains.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.55% marked its third consecutive record close, surging 297.84, or 1.6%, to finish at 19,549.62, following a fresh intraday record. Gains in Nike Inc. NKE, +3.03% Home Depot Inc. HD, +2.89% andVisa Inc. V, +2.85% outweighed a slump in health-care shares of Johnson & Johnson Inc. JNJ, -0.86% Pfizer Inc. PFE, -1.17% and Merck & Co. MRK, -0.36%
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