S&P 500 Just Broke 2,100 for the First Time
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The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index reached a record for a second day on speculation that the Greek debt impasse is easing while oil prices erased earlier declines.
Medtronic Plc rose 3.7 percent after its quarterly profit beat analysts’ estimates, helping lift S&P 500 health-care companies 0.6 percent. West Texas Intermediate crude rallied 1.4 percent, and energy stocks were little changed after earlier losing more than 1 percent.