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Here's your closing bell brief for Friday, November 21st.

I'm Catherine Sullivan for the Wall Street Journal.

US stocks finished higher today, snapping

back after sharp declines earlier in the week. The Dow led the charge, gaining 493 points or 1.1

percent, as hopes for a near-term interest rate cut buoyed investor sentiment. The S&P 500 and

NASDAQ also rose by nearly one percentage point each.

The overall rally was triggered by comments from a Federal Reserve official suggesting the case for December rate cut is strengthening.

Global chip stocks sold off, echoing earlier U.S. declines.

Among individual companies, drug maker Eli Lilly saw its shares climb 1.6 percent, becoming the first pharmaceutical company ever to hit a $1 trillion market capitalization on the strength of booming demand for its weight loss drugs.

Into its stock rallied 4 percent after the financial technology company's quarterly results topped forecasts,

boosted by artificial intelligence demand from mid-sized businesses. Shares of clothing retailer

gap jumped 8% after raising its annual guidance following same store sales growth across its

gap, Old Navy, and Banana Republic brands. And discount retailer raw stores posted an 8% stock gain after reporting stronger than expected

results and raising its full year guidance.

Heads up, an artificial intelligence tool helped us make this episode by creating

summaries that were based on WSJ reporting and then reviewed and adapted by an editor.

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