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Empresas y finanzas

Wall Street advances; Dow up 2 percent


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks advanced on Friday, with the Dow up 2 percent by midday trade, as investors looked forward to a weekend European Union debt-crisis summit that could potentially remove a major headwind for markets.

    The Dow Jones industrial average was up 215.06 points, or 1.86 percent, at 11,756.84. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 19.94 points, or 1.64 percent, at 1,235.33. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 36.41 points, or 1.40 percent, at 2,635.03.

    (Reporting by Angela Moon, Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)