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Stocks end sharply higher after EU pact


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks ended sharply higher, racking up their largest daily advance in over a year, on Monday as an agreement on a $1 trillion emergency rescue package from the EU quelled fears that a new credit crisis would derail European economies.

    Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 404.71 points, or 3.90 percent, to end unofficially at 10,785.14. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index shot up 48.85 points, or 4.40 percent, to finish unofficially at 1,159.73. The Nasdaq Composite Index surged 109.03 points, or 4.81 percent, to close unofficially at 2,374.67.

    These advances marked the largest daily percentage gains for the indexes since late March 2009.

    (Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Jan Paschal)