Communications-services companies rose amid deal activity.
Charter Communications agreed to buy closely held rival Cox Communications for $21.9 billion, as cable companies struggle to keep up with cell-phone carrier rivals in the age of streaming.
Verizon Communications won federal clearance for its nearly $10 billion buyout of broadband provider Frontier Communications after pledging to step up internet investments and yielding to Trump administration demands to curb its diversity policies.
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