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Auto aid hope lifts stocks


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose further on Wednesday on growing optimism over a proposed rescue plan for beleaguered U.S. auto makers, including General Motors .

    * Nasdaq rises more than 2 percent, buoyed by a rebound in the shares of chip makers. The semiconductor index jumped 4 percent.

    * The rising prices of oil and other commodities lifted shares of natural resource companies, including Alcoa , up more than 7 percent, and Exxon Mobil , up 2.1 percent.

    (Reporting by Ellis Mnyandu; Editing by Kenneth Barry)