US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St inches up to new Dow, S&P records
NEW YORK, Nov 20 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended slightly higher on Thursday, pushing the Dow and S&P 500 to fresh record closing highs, as data showed further strength in the U.S. economy and Intel (Swiss: INTC.SW - news) gave an upbeat forecast.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 30.6 points, or 0.17 percent, to 17,716.33, the S&P 500 gained 3.98 points, or 0.19 percent, to 2,052.7 and the Nasdaq Composite added 26.16 points, or 0.56 percent, to 4,701.87. (Reporting by Ryan Vlastelica; Editing by Nick Zieminski)