U.S. stocks closed slightly higher, the Dow rose 0.2%

U.S. stock market on November 19 maintained within a narrow range all day, to the three major stock indexes closed slightly higher. As the close, the Dow Jones 30 industrial stock index closed at 11,203.55 points, up 22.32 points, or 0.20%; Standard & Poor's 500 index closed at 1199.73 points, up 3.04 points, or 0.25%; Nasdaq Composite Index closed at 2518.12 points, up 3.72 points, or 0.15%.

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