Michael Pistillo, Jr. right, with Barclays, calls out the price of Tiffany & Co. stock to Joseph Lawlor at the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, March 5, 2013 in New York. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped nearly 100 points early Tuesday, reaching an all-time high, powered by China's strong economic growth targets and a jump in European retail sales. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Michael Pistillo, Jr. right, with Barclays, calls out the price of Tiffany & Co. stock to Joseph Lawlor at the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, March 5, 2013 in New York. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped nearly 100 points early Tuesday, reaching an all-time high, powered by China's strong economic growth targets and a jump in European retail sales. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Joseph Mastrolia, left, with Barclays, calls out stock prices for JC Penney at the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, March 5, 2013 in New York. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped nearly 100 points early Tuesday, reaching an all-time high, powered by China's strong economic growth targets and a jump in European retail sales. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Stock trader Michael Capolino follows stock prices for JC Penney at the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, March 5, 2013 in New York. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped nearly 100 points early Tuesday, reaching an all-time high, powered by China's strong economic growth targets and a jump in European retail sales. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Neil Catania, center, a governor with the New York Stock Exchange, reviews the price of JC Penney stock with a trader, Tuesday, March 5, 2013 in New York. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped nearly 100 points early Tuesday, reaching an all-time high, powered by China's strong economic growth targets and a jump in European retail sales. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Trader Joseph Lawler, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Stocks are edging lower on Wall Street in early trading following a seven-day rally. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Patrick Casey, center, works with fellow traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Stocks are edging lower on Wall Street in early trading following a seven-day rally. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Trader Robert Arciero works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Stocks are edging lower on Wall Street in early trading following a seven-day rally. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2013, file photo, Maureen Smaldone, a trader for Brendan E. Cryan and Company, monitors trading activity from her workstation at the New York Stock Exchange. The positive mood in financial markets showed few signs of abating Thursday March 7, 2013 ahead of policy statements from Europe's top two central banks. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
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Trader Richard Newman works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday, March 8, 2013. Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street after the government reported a burst of hiring last month that sent the unemployment rate to a four-year low. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Specialist John O'Hara, left, and trader Michael Zicchinolfi work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday, March 8, 2013. Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street after the government reported a burst of hiring last month that sent the unemployment rate to a four-year low. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
News summary: Dow extends streak of advances
ANOTHER GAIN: The Dow Jones industrial average eked out a small gain and advanced for an eighth straight day. That's the longest streak of gains for the index since February 2011.
DRUGS TEST: Merck pulled the Dow higher, advancing 3.2 percent to $45.04 after the drugmaker said a data safety monitoring board recommended that a study of its cholesterol drug Vytorin should continue.
PULLBACK COMING?: Many analysts predict that, after a big gain for stocks early in the year, there will be a pullback at some point. The Dow is up 10.3 percent in 2013 and the Standard & Poor's 500 index is 8.9 percent higher.
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