Dow's rally is unanimous, with Goldman and McDonald's stocks providing the biggest point boosts
The Dow Jones Industrial Average's big rally Thursday is unanimous, as the stocks of all 30 of the blue chip barometer's components gained ground. The biggest percentage gainers were shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. , which ran up 5.8% after the drug store and healthcare services company reported better-than-expected earnings, and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., which climbed 5.0%. The biggest contributors to the Dow's 750-point, or 2.6% rally, were the stocks of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , which advanced $11.27 to add about 74 points to the Dow's price, and McDonald's Corp. , which hiked up $10.81 to boost the Dow's price by 71 points.
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