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All sectors within the index rallied with Technology surging 1.47%, Telecommunications adding 1% and Health care increasing 0.99%. Utilities advanced the least by 0.17%. Among the best performing companies was Trip Advisor that advanced the most in the S&P 500, by adding 6.56% to $40.91, after Liberty Interactive Corp. purchased around $300 million of its shares, gaining voting control. Furthermore, American International Group edged 5.7% higher as the U.S. Treasury department sold all of its remaining shares in AIG. The companies performing the most were Family Dollar Stores with an 8.36% drop to $64.69, Dollar Tree with a 3.70% decline to $37.98 and Best Buy Corporation by losing 2.26%.