The market was mixed Friday, with a tech climb bringing the Nasdaq to fresh highs. The S&P 500 was dead flat Friday, while the Dow fell.
Just past 4 pm ET the $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ closed flat the         $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ fell 0.20%, and the     $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ climbed 0.12%.
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$Broadcom (AVGO.US)$'s entry into the elite group of stocks with a $1 trillion market capitalization has bolstered the appeal of its call options.
As of 2:36 p.m. in New York Friday, about more than 1.43 million Broadcom options, making it the third most active stock option, behind $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ and $Tesla (TSLA.US)$. More than two thirds of Broadcom's contracts were call options.
(To see Broadcom's options chain,...

The $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ hit a record intraday and closing high Wednesday, crossing 20,000 points for the first time. The index was up 1.8% at 20,050 in late trading, finishing 1.77% higher. The $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ closed just below its highest close on record at 6,090.27, while the $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ fell 0.2%.
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In economic news, November’s consumer price index (C...