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Urgent: U.S. stocks jump as rate hike anxieties ease

Xinhua, April 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

U.S. stocks ended higher on Monday, as the unexpectedly weak jobs report gave investors some relief that the Federal Reserve will move more slowly in raising rates.

Both the Dow and the S&P 500 gained nearly 0.7 percent, while the Nasdaq rose 0.6 percent. Endite