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Greece-deal draft gives stocks mild gains

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Photo credit: AFP/Getty Images | The New York Stock Exchange appears behind a Wall Street sign in lower Manhattan. (Aug. 16, 2001)

U.S. stocks ended with mild gains Wednesday after a news report that Greece had drafted a new financing deal with the European Union and International Monetary Fund.

"The issue we've been dealing with for weeks is: When do we get something signed, sealed and delivered?" David Kelly, chief market strategist at JPMorgan Funds, said of the market's muted reaction. "We continue to get assured...

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