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NEW YORK, Jan 7 — Wall Street stocks were solidly higher early today after Congress formally certified President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory hours after a siege of the US Capitol by supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump. Lawmakers in the Senate and House of Representatives worked...

About 20 minutes into trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.4 per cent at 30,960.73, after the index closed at a record. — AFP pic

Lawmakers in the Senate and House of Representatives worked through the night and early this morning successfully beat back Republican challenges as the chambers tried to project a sense of normalcy after the extraordinary occupation only hours earlier. They also are boosted by the greater likelihood of more fiscal stimulus after Democrats swept the two Senate runoff elections in Georgia on Tuesday.

 

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