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Dovish Fed drives Wall Street higher

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange October 7, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks closed higher on Thursday as investors saw further signs of dovishness in the Federal Reserve September meeting minutes which shed light on its decision to keep interest rates near zero.

The Dow Jones industrial average (.DJI) rose 137.86 points, or 0.82 percent, to 17,050.15, the S&P 500 (.SPX) gained 17.56 points, or 0.88 percent, to 2,013.39 and the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC) added 19.64 points, or 0.41 percent, to 4,810.79.

(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by James Dalgleish)

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