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       DOW JONES INDUST JALINDEX
        at CLOSE 3,814.92 +13.12        
                                        
 Stocks ended higher, but substantially 
 off the day's best levels, as traders  
 staged a long-awaited year-end rally   
 but then quickly took profits.         
                                        
 Declining isszes outnumbered advances  
 by 1,215 to 1,115 on the New York Stock
 Exchange, with 634 unchanged.          
                                        
 Big Board volume was 339.67m shares,   
 against 378.8m in the previous session.
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