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S&P 500 nears record territory while many stocks lag

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MarketWatch says the S&P 500 is trading just shy of record territory, even though most individual stocks are struggling.

The outlet frames the current tape as unusually uneven, with index strength not broadly reflected across single names.

Latest closeS&P 500 7,651.54 ▼0.2%

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