Earnings lift S&P 500, Nasdaq; S&P's best week since July

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Earnings lift S&P 500, Nasdaq; S&P's best week since July

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/weak-earnings-weigh-futures-rally-115928181--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IYxbZeXqhFfaYC3fmkSn6Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-04-17T151207Z_8_CBREA3E174800_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 Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks ended a holiday-shortened week with mostly modest gains on Thursday, though the S&amp;P 500 notched its biggest weekly advance since July as Morgan Stanley and General Electric rallied after strong results. The two were the latest to post earnings that topped expectations, helping to lift the S&amp;P 500 and the Nasdaq to their fourth straight daily advance. Tech bellwethers Google and IBM fell on disappointing figures and limited the broader market's gain. IBM's slide pushed the Dow into slightly negative territory at the close.</p><br clear="all"/>

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