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Wall St trims gains as President Trump speaks

Published January 20, 2017 Updated January 20, 2017 05:01pm

NEW YORK: US stocks trimmed gains at midday on Friday, shortly after Donald Trump started his inaugural speech during his swearing-in as the 45th US president.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 50.88 points, or 0.26 percent, at 19,783.28, the S&P 500 was up 5.41 points, or 0.24 percent, at 2,269.1 and the Nasdaq Composite was up 10.56 points, or 0.19 percent, at 5,550.65.

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