The Walt Disney Co.added 8.8 percent for one of the biggest gains in the S&P 500 on Wednesday after the media giant reported a profit for the spring that beat Wall Street’s expectations, even if it was down sharply from a year earlier.
Prudential Financial gained by 6.2 percent, helping to drive the financial sector to one of the market’s bigger gains, after it likewise reported results that weren’t as bad as analysts had forecast.-AP
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