U.S. stocks opened the third quarter with small gains Wednesday after data showed the labor market continued to improve in June
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The S&P 500 edged up 0.2% in early New York trading, suggesting the stocks benchmark may start the new quarter where it left the old one. The S&P 500 on Tuesday completed its biggest one-quarter gain since 1998, capping a rally fueled by the Federal Reserve’s aggressive support for financial markets and signs of an early recovery in economic activity.
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