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Smucker's $5.6 bln buyout dealIndexes: S&P 500 +0.67%, Nasdaq +1.14%, Dow +0.25%Sept 11 (Reuters) - The Nasdaq closed sharply higher on Monday as Tesla surged on optimism around artificial intelligence and investors awaited inflation data due later this week. The S&P 500 climbed 0.67% to end at 4,487.46 points. Hostess Brands (TWNK.O) surged 19.1% after J. M. Smucker (SJM.N) said it would buy the Twinkies-maker in a $5.6 billion deal. Advancing issues outnumbered falling ones within the S&P 500 (.AD.SPX) by a 1.5-to-one ratio. The S&P 500 posted 14 new highs and 11 new lows; the Nasdaq recorded 36 new highs and 199 new lows.

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Data showed U.S. retail sales unexpectedly rose in May as consumers spent on a range of goods including vehicles. All 11 S&P 500 sector indexes rose, led by health care (.SPXHC), up 1.55%, followed by a 1.54% gain in communication services (.SPLRCL). The S&P 500 climbed 1.22% to end the session at 4,425.84 points. Advancing issues outnumbered falling ones within the S&P 500 (.AD.SPX) by a 7.1-to-one ratio. The S&P 500 posted 48 new highs and no new lows; the Nasdaq recorded 80 new highs and 72 new lows.

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If you want to be bullish, you say inflation is down more than 50% since its peak. If you want to bearish, you can say inflation is still more than twice the Fed's target," Young said. The S&P 500 was up 0.69% at 4,368.75 points. Advancing issues outnumbered falling ones within the S&P 500 (.AD.SPX) by a 5.0-to-one ratio. The S&P 500 posted 43 new highs and no new lows; the Nasdaq recorded 131 new highs and 39 new lows.

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Lifted by gains in market heavyweights including increases in both Amazon (AMZN.O) and Tesla (TSLA.O), the S&P 500 has now recovered over 20% from its October 2022 lows. "The further out the October lows get in the rear view mirror, the more confident investors become. According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 (.SPX) gained 40.33 points, or 0.94%, to end at 4,339.19 points, while the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC) gained 202.78 points, or 1.53%, to 13,461.92. The U.S. Labor Department's consumer price index reading on Tuesday is expected to show inflation cooled slightly in May, with core prices likely remaining sticky. Goldman Sachs on Friday raised its year-end price target for the benchmark S&P 500 (.SPX) to 4,500 from 4,000, citing the broadening of the market rally.

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The S&P 500 on Friday closed at its highest level in over nine months after a report showed that wage growth moderated in May. The S&P 500 declined 0.20% to end the session at 4,273.79 points. Of the 11 S&P 500 sector indexes, seven declined, led lower by industrials (.SPLRCI), down 0.71%, followed by a 0.58% loss in energy (.SPNY). Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones within the S&P 500 (.AD.SPX) by a 1.5-to-one ratio. The S&P 500 posted 17 new highs and four new lows; the Nasdaq recorded 90 new highs and 54 new lows.

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