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US STOCKS-Defensive share-buying lifts indexes
Mon Jan 7, 2008 4:05pm EST
NEW YORK, Jan 7 (Reuters) - The Dow and S&P rose on Monday, led by health-care and consumer staple shares, as investors poured into companies seen best able to withstand an economic slowdown following dismal employment data last Friday.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 27.31 points, or 0.21 percent, at 12,827.49. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX was up 4.63 points, or 0.33 percent, at 1,416.26. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC was down 5.19 points, or 0.21 percent, at 2,499.46.
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