Stocks rose to all-time highs on Thursday as Congress confirmed the election of Joe Biden as president and traders looked past the unrest in Washington.The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 221 points, or 0.7%. At one point, the Dow was up more than 300 points. The Nasdaq Composite popped 2.3% — breaking above 13,000 for the first time — as shares of Microsoft, Apple and Alphabet all gained more than 2%. The S&P 500 advanced 1.3% to trade above 3,800 for the first time.Sentiment on Wall Street got a boost after the Institute for Supply Management said its index for nonmanufacturing activity in the U.S. rose to 57.2 …
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