NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Friday to levels unseen since early August on the eve a European Union debt-crisis summit that could go some way to remove a major overhang for markets.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was up 200.87 points, or 1.74 percent, at 11,742.65. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> was up 19.80 points, or 1.63 percent, at 1,235.19. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> was up 38.79 points, or 1.49 percent, at 2,637.41.
(Reporting by Angela Moon, Editing by Kenneth Barry)
