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July jobs data lifts Wall Street


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks shot up on Friday, pushing the S&P 500 to a 10-month high as the July jobs report was far less bleak than feared, underpinning hopes the economy was on track for recovery.

    The Dow Jones industrial average rose 113.81 points, or 1.23 percent, to end unofficially at 9,370.07. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 13.40 points, or 1.34 percent, to finish unofficially at 1,010.48. The Nasdaq Composite Index put on 27.09 points, or 1.37 percent, to close unofficially at 2,000.25.

    (Reporting by Leah Schnurr; Editing by Jan Paschal)