NewsWatch: Stock-market benchmarks post new records after U.S. seals trade accords with China, Mexico and Canada

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U.S. stocks close higher again Thursday, with all three benchmark indexes ending at new records, following the signing of a trade truce between the U.S. and China on Wednesday, Senate approval of a new trade deal between the U.S., Mexico and Canada on Thursday, and healthy economic data and corporate earnings reports . See full story.

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