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U.S. Stocks Rise to Records, Euro Gains
Greece, Germany Collide Over Debt in Brussels Talks
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U.S. stocks rose, sending benchmark indexes to records, while the euro advanced with European equity futures after finance ministers reached agreement to extend bailout funds to Greece. Treasuries erased gains.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index jumped 0.6 percent, erasing an earlier drop of 0.6 percent. Futures on the Euro Stoxx 50 added 1.1 percent at 4 p.m. in New York after the Stoxx Europe 600 Index closed at a seven-year high. Europe’s shared currency added 0.1 percent to $1.1379. Treasuries erased gains to close little changed fell, after the yield on the 10-year note earlier lost five basis points.