Nebraska and Iowa stocks rise, led by Union Pacific

NEW YORK — Nebraska and Iowa stocks rose Wednesday, led by Union Pacific and Berkshire Hathaway.

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Published 1 April 2014 7:25am

Updated 8 January 2016 1:19pm

Source: The Washington Post

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The Bloomberg Nebraska and Iowa Index, a price-weighted list of companies with operations in the region, rose 1.06 to 732.22.

Union Pacific rose 1.23 to 110.73. Berkshire Hathaway rose 1,349.00 to 214,789.00.

In the broader market, the Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 10.67 to 2,107.96. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 88.68 to 18,038.27. The Bloomberg Nebraska and Iowa Index was developed with a base value of 100 as of Dec. 31, 1996.

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