Article posted: 11/21/2012 4:37 PM

Stocks edge up ahead of Thanksgiving break

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A man portraying Santa Claus visits the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange before he participated in opening bell ceremonies featuring the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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The stock market crept higher Wednesday ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Major market indexes got a slight lift after news broke of a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.