July 10 (Reuters) - The benchmark S&P 500 closed higher on
Wednesday after briefly crossing the 3,000-point mark for the
first time following dovish remarks from Federal Reserve
Chairman Jerome Powell boosting the case for an interest rate
cut this month.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 76.71 points,
or 0.29%, to 26,860.2, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 13.43 points,
or 0.45%, to 2,993.06 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added
60.80 points, or 0.75%, to 8,202.53.
(Reporting Bb Caroline Valetkevitch; editing by Jonathan Oatis)