S&P 500 ends less than 1 point below record closing high

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S&P 500 ends less than 1 point below record closing high

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/futures-point-higher-open-p-500-near-record-140858744--sector.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RIF3ilLmv7_o8x9hoG7JUQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-02-24T145334Z_4_CBREA1K1TT600_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" align="left" title="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" border="0" /></a>By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Monday and the S&amp;P 500 hit a record intraday high, helped by gains in health insurers' shares and optimism about merger activity. The Nasdaq reached a 14-year high, though all three indexes closed off their highs for the session. The S&amp;P 500 finished less than a point away from its record closing high of 1,848.38. Humana Inc and UnitedHealth Group ranked among the S&amp;P 500's biggest percentage gainers, with Humana's stock jumping 10.6 percent to $113.69 after it said the government's proposed cuts to the private Medicare program appeared to be less than it had forecast.</p><br clear="all"/>

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