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Bernanke, basic materials lift Wall Street


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A broad-based stocks advance drove the S&P 500 up 1 percent on Monday as signs that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would win a U.S. Senate vote for a second term relieved the market of some of the uncertainty that contributed to last week's decline.

    Basic materials companies were among the top performers, with AK Steel Holding Corp rallying 6 percent after it posted a fourth-quarter profit.

    The Dow Jones industrial average added 71.72 points, or 0.71 percent, to 10,244.70. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 10.06 points, or 0.92 percent, to 1,101.82 after hitting 1 percent. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 14.65 points, or 0.66 percent, to 2,219.94.

    (Editing by Kenneth Barry)