Saturday, June 2, 2007

U.S. Stocks Rise, S&P 500 Climbs Most in Six Weeks; Dell, Ciena Advance

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks resumed their record-
breaking rally and the Standard and Poor's 500 Index climbed the
most in six weeks on takeovers, earnings that topped analysts'
estimates and signs that economic growth is accelerating.

Real-estate shares led the S&P 500 to three straight records
after Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and Tishman Speyer Properties
LP agreed to buy U.S. apartment developer Archstone-Smith Trust
for $13.5 billion. Dell Inc. and Ciena Corp. pushed a gauge of
computer-related shares to the highest since August 2001 after
the companies said profit gains were fueled by rising sales.


Read more at Bloomberg Stocks News

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