NEW YORK, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street's major averages advanced in the first trading week of the new year as investors shrugged off the turmoil in Washington and a weaker-than-expected December U.S. employment report.
All the three major indexes finished higher on Friday after achieving their respective milestones in the prior session. On Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 31,000 points for the first time, while the S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq clinched their first-ever closes above 3,800 and 13,000, respectively.
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