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Wall Street jumps to start 2009


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks continued their recent advance on the first day of trading in 2009 as gains in large caps pushed main indexes up about 2 percent while energy and consumer discretionary were the leading sectors in the S&P 500.

    * Microsoft , up 3 percent, leads point gains in the Nasdaq Composite.

    * The Dow gained 169.49 points, or 1.93 percent, at 8,945.88. The S&P 500 rose 17.75 points, or 1.97 percent, at 921.00. The Nasdaq jumped 35.39 points, or 2.24 percent, at 1,612.42.

    (Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Tom Hals)