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The Dow closed down 24.97 at 8,986.28, after earlier climbing from a 70-point loss to a 30-point gain on the news of the rate cut. The Nasdaq composite closed up 16.84 points at 1,878.52, while the Standard & Poor's 500 gained 3.45 points to close at 1,139.32.
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