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By Stephen Culp and Echo Wang
On Friday, the final trading day of 2021, Wall Street concluded near record highs in a session marked by low trading volume. This marked the second year of the global pandemic’s recovery.
The three leading U.S. stock market indexes enjoyed weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly gains. These gains represent their most substantial