U.S. stocks close up on Fed official's upbeat tone

4:30 pm ET Feb 20, 2007

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U.S. stocks close up on Fed official's upbeat tone

NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, sending the Dow Jones
Industrial Average to a record closing level, as reassuring comments
from Federal Reserve Governor Susan Bies, along with upbeat results from
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and merger news, helped offset disappointing
earnings from Home Depot Inc.