S&P 500 Hangs On to Record Rally as Corporate Earnings Impress

Google's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California.

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US stocks continued their record-breaking run on Thursday, fending off a late decline as investors cheered strong earnings results from Corporate America.

The S&P 500 Index notched its 10th record in 19 trading days, extending its winning streak to four. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 Index rose 0.2%.