Wall St. rallies for fifth day after Fed chair comments

Reuters  |  NEW YORK 

(Reuters) - Wall Street extended its rally into a fifth straight session on Thursday with whipsaw trading as investors responded to mixed comments by Jerome Powell, while a warning from pummeled

The <.DJI> rose 119.27 points, or 0.5 percent, to 23,998.39, the S&P 500 <.SPX> gained 11.5 points, or 0.44 percent, to 2,596.46 and the <.IXIC> added 28.99 points, or 0.42 percent, to 6,986.07.

(Reporting by Noel Randewich; editing by Jonathan Oatis)

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First Published: Fri, January 11 2019. 02:36 IST