NEW YORK: Major U.S. stock indexes registered record closing highs on Thursday as optimism about a U.S.-China trade deal firmed and as Apple and other market heavyweights posted strong gains.
Also helping the market were easing concerns over tensions between the United States and Iran. U.S. President Donald Trump refrained from ordering more military action, and Iran's foreign minister said the missile strikes on Iraqi bases that house U.S. forces had "concluded" Tehran's response.
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