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Stocks Make U-Turn, Climb After Big Decline

By: AP
Posted: Wed 8:11 AM, Apr 11, 2012

Stocks are opening sharply higher, a day after their worst loss of the year.

The Dow Jones industrial average is up 106 points in the opening minutes of trading, to 12,822, recouping half of yesterday's 214-point plunge. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 is up 13 points to 1,371. The Nasdaq composite index is up 26 points to 3,017.

The yields on long-term bonds for Spain and Italy are falling slightly Wednesday, a sign that investors are less nervous about the financial health of the two countries.

Alcoa's better-than-expected first-quarter results also soothed investors' concerns about earnings growth in for big U.S. corporations. If the Dow closes higher, it will be the first gain since April 2.


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