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Urgent: U.S. stocks rebound strongly as rate hike fear eases

Xinhua, March 13, 2015 Adjust font size:

U.S. stocks bounced back on Thursday after a sharp decline in the past two days, as disappointing monthly retail sales soothed investor anxieties over the rate hike.

The Dow soared nearly 1.5 percent, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq surged 1.3 percent and 0.9 percent, respectively. Endite