Dow extends gains as profits beat the estimates

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U.S. equities posted longest series of daily gains since the year 2004 on better-than-expected corporate profits and U.S. lawmakers' decision to temporarily delay the federal debt-ceiling. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 1.8%, or 246.28 points, to 13,895.98. All sectors in the gauge edged higher. Consumer goods posted biggest gains after Procter & Gamble jumped the most among all blue chips. The company rose 4%, as the company raised its profit forecast for the year 2013 and posted better-than-forecast quarterly profit after gaining market share in the company's key categories. Furthermore, JPMorgan Chase & Co climbed 1.7% to pace gains in the financial shares that edged 0.7% higher, the second biggest increase in the index. Johnson & Johnson added 1.1% and lifted health care group that was 0.63% higher. Meanwhile, Wal-Mart Stores tumbled the most among all companies listed in the index by 1.1% and capped further gains in consumer services group that increased only 0.18%. Caterpillar erased 1.1% to $95.58 and halted further advance in industrial shares that were 0.19% up.
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