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Urgent: U.S. stocks soar on positive data, Fed minutes

Xinhua, January 9, 2015 Adjust font size:

U.S. stocks rose sharply Thursday, extending the strong rebound from previous session, as improvements in the labor market and a patient Federal Reserve helped Wall Street to recover from sharp selloffs at the beginning of the year.

The three major indices all surged nearly 1.8 percent. Endite