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Urgent: U.S. stocks soar on ECB announcement

Xinhua, January 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

U.S. stocks extended rally Thursday, with the three major indices logging their fourth straight daily gains, boosted by the bigger-than-expected eurozone quantitative easing program launched by the European Central Bank (ECB).

The Dow jumped less than 1.5 percent, and the S&P 500 rose over 1.5 percent while the Nasdaq surged 1.8 percent. Endite