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Empresas y finanzas

Stocks jump on euro and energy shares


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks posted their best day in the last nine on Thursday in response to signs of health in the euro-zone debt market and as investors snapped up energy shares crushed in the previous day's sell-off.

    * The Dow Jones industrial average gained 273.28 points, or 2.76 percent, to end unofficially at 10,172.53. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index jumped 31.15 points, or 2.95 percent, to finish unofficially at 1,086.84. The Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 59.86 points, or 2.77 percent, to close unofficially at 2,218.71.

    (Reporting by Leah Schnurr; Editing by Jan Paschal)