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Urgent: U.S. stocks rally to kick off February

Xinhua, February 3, 2015 Adjust font size:

U.S. stocks surged after volatile trading despite soft economic data Monday, with the three benchmark indices closing almost at their session highs, as investor enthusiasm was ignited by rebounding oil prices.

The Dow rose over 1.1 percent, and the S&P 500 jumped 1.3 percent while the Nasdaq was up 0.9 percent. Endite