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Dow rises around 200 points, touches intraday record, as stock-market investors parse GDP, jobless claims reports
U.S. stock benchmarks mostly rose Thursday morning, holding gains after a weaker-than-expected reading on second-quarter gross domestic product and other economic data, as investors await the trading debut of online brokerage Robinhood Markets . The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 188 points, or 0.5%, at 35,019, touching an intraday record high at 35,155.18; the S&P 500 index gained 19 points, or 0.4%, at 4,419, while the Nasdaq Composite Index traded flat to slightly higher at around 14,789.
