US stocks rise as traders see progress toward avoiding fiscal calamity; hope ... Washington Post The stock market is starting the holiday week with a big gain. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 153 points at 12,741 in the first half-hour of trading Monday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 19, or 1.4 percent, to 1,378. The Nasdaq ... |
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