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Wall St gains on strong earnings

20/04/2011 - 13:41

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks jumped at the open on Wednesday, with major indexes up more than 1 percent as a raft of solid earnings and outlooks bolstered optimism about the economic recovery.

The Dow Jones industrial average was up 153.72 points, or 1.25 percent, at 12,420.47. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 15.75 points, or 1.20 percent, at 1,328.37. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 49.54 points, or 1.80 percent, at 2,794.51.

(Reporting by Angela Moon, Editing by Kenneth Barry)