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Here's your closing bell brief for Friday, September 19th. I'm Catherine Sullivan for the Wall Street Journal.

U.S. stocks closed higher today with the three major indexes hitting records. The Dow Jones Industrial

average was up four-tenths of a percent, the S&P 500 was up a half a percentage point, and the NASDAQ was up 0.7%.

President Trump announced a deal had been reached for TikTok following a discussion with Chinese leader Shizheng.

On Capitol Hill, lawmakers rejected a short-term spending bill, sending leaders back to the drawing board to avoid a government shutdown.

Treasury yields climbed for a third day,

while gold futures advanced, hovering near record highs. Among individual companies, shares of Apple

rose over 3% as its new iPhone 17 went on sale globally, and one analyst up to his end-of-year

stock price target because of favorable early demand. FedEx stock was

up 2.3% after the package delivery company reported better than expected quarterly results.

The stock of Lanar fell 4% after the home builder reported its profits declined for a fourth

consecutive quarter and sales missed expectations.

And Scholastic shares dropped 12% after the children's book publisher recorded a wider quarterly loss after schools delayed or reduced purchases over uncertain federal and state funding.

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Corporate megastores are spending millions lobbying DC politicians on one-sided policies

that send small businesses tumbling.

They want to enact harmful credit card mandates that take resources away from your local

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