Advancing issues led decliners by about 5 to 3 on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 795.9 million shares.
Overseas, Japan's Nikkei stock average rose 0.94 percent. Britain's FTSE 100 rose 0.58 percent, Germany's DAX index fell 0.03 percent, and France's CAC-40 rose 0.04 percent.
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