NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks closed slightly higher in lackluster pre-holiday trading Wednesday, with a better-than-expected government report on oil inventories and good unemployment figures giving investors reasons to buy stocks.
Wall Street was generally encouraged as the latest Energy Department report on petroleum reserves showed flat demand and slight reserve increases in distillates such as heating oil.
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