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Dow Fights to New High

Stock quotes in this article: YUM , YHOO , MCD , HPQ , MSFT , GE , JBHT  

Updated from 4:06 p.m. EDT

Though it certainly wasn't easy, the Dow Jones Industrial Average attracted enough buying interest Friday afternoon to reach another record finish and edge closer to 12,000.

After the government released much weaker-than-expected retail-sales data, the Dow was pressured for much of the session. However, a late push allowed the industrials to end up by 12.81 points, or 0.11%, at 11,960.51.

Providing support were gains of 1.6% in IBM(IBM Quote) and 1.3% in Hewlett-Packard(HPQ Quote). ...

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