Empresas y finanzas
Wall Street rises with banks
The Dow Jones industrial average gained 22.71 points, or 0.19 percent, to 12,252.00. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 3.37 points, or 0.25 percent, to 1,325.24. The Nasdaq Composite added 5.26 points, or 0.19 percent, to 2,795.71.
Protesters insisted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak step down in the increasingly tense situation. Egyptian State TV said an important, urgent statement from the presidency was imminent.
(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Kenneth Barry)