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Empresas y finanzas

Wall St edges up on M&A cheer


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended slightly higher on Tuesday as mergers and acquisitions activity supported selected sectors, but investors pulled back from recent gains in big-cap technology and bank shares.

    * The Dow Jones industrial average edged up 2.19 points, or 0.02 percent, at 10,405.98. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index added 2.60 points, or 0.23 percent, to 1,118.31. The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 7.22 points, or 0.32 percent, to 2,280.79.

    (Reporting by Leah Schnurr)