U.S.-based stock funds reap $8.9 bln as stock markets climb -Lipper

By Sam Forgione NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) - Investors in funds based in the United States poured $8.9 billion into stock funds in the latest week, the most in nine weeks as the S&P 500 continued to hit new record highs, data from Thomson Reuters' Lipper service showed on Thursday. Mutual funds that hold stocks pulled in about $3.07 billion in the week ended May 15 - the most in eight weeks - while stock exchange-traded funds attracted over $5.8 billion, or slightly less than the prior