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By Sarah Ponczek and Reade Pickert

February 3, 2019 at 10:24 PM UTC

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February 4, 2019 at 9:01 PM UTC

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U.S. stocks rose for a fourth day, with technology shares leading the advance in thin trading ahead of a fresh batch of earnings reports. The dollar advanced on rising prospects for a trade truce.

The S&P 500 closed at the highest since Dec. 3 in volume 20 percent below the 30-day average. Nvidia, Adobe, Microsoft and Apple led the Nasdaq indexes to solid advances. Alphabet reports earnings after the closing bell.