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Dow, S&P 500 hit records after Greece earns bailout extension

The Dow and S&P 500 bolted to fresh records after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen pledged a cautious approach to raising interest rates

The Dow and S&P 500 Friday bolted to fresh records after eurozone ministers agreed to extend Greece's bailout by four months.

At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was at 18.138.06, up 152.29 points (0.85 percent), notching its first record of 2015.

The broad-based S&P 500 rose 12.67 (0.60 percent) to 2,110.12, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index jumped 31.27 (0.63 percent) to 4,955.97.