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David Gura

Optimism about the U.S. economy sends stocks to a new record

The S&P 500, a broad-based index of stocks, broke above 5,000 for the first time ever. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Stocks are on a record-setting run.

For the first time in history, the S&P 500, the broad-based U.S. index of the largest and best-known companies in the world, is above 5,000.

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