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Wall Street advances on bank results, data


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose for a third straight day on Thursday, sparked by results from Bank of America and Morgan Stanley and as the latest jobless claims dropped to a near four-year low.

    The Dow Jones industrial average rose 45.03 points, or 0.36 percent, to end unofficially at 12,623.98. The S&P 500 Index gained 6.46 points, or 0.49 percent, to 1,314.50. The Nasdaq Composite added 18.62 points, or 0.67 percent, to 2,788.33.

    (Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Jan Paschal)