Summary
Stocks rose on Wednesday morning as investors digested new earnings reports and economic data. In December, the U.S. trade deficit was $62.2 billion — an increase of 0.5%, with exports rising 1.5% to $258.2 billion and imports increasing 1.3% to 320.4 billion. The S&P 500 rose 0.7%, the Dow 0.4% and the Nasdaq was up 0.8%. Crude oil traded above $73 per barrel and gold traded at $2053 per ounce.
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Source: finance.yahoo.com
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