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<p>The Dow Jones industrial average has closed within 20 points of 12,000, its highest point since June 2008.</p>
<p>Technology stocks rose after Intel increased its dividend and said it would buy back more of its stock. The company gained 2%.</p>
<p>Materials companies jumped after a report showed that economists are more positive than at any time since the start of the Great Recession. Aluminium maker Alcoa gained 4%.</p>
<p>At the market close, the Dow was up 109 points, or 0.9%, to 11,981. The S&#038;P 500 is up 8, or 0.6%, to 1,291. The Nasdaq composite is up 28, or 1%, to 2,718.</p>
<p>Three stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume came to 961 million shares.</p>
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