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alfredlester on Monday, November 09, 2009 12:31:10 PM
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks added to gains in early trade on Monday, with the Nasdaq and S&P 500 rising 1 percent, after a pledge from the Group of 20 to keep economic stimulus in place bolstered risk appetite.
* Gains were broad-based, with natural resource-oriented companies and technology shares among the biggest advancers.
* The Dow Jones industrial average (.DJI) gained 80.64 points, or 0 payday loans.80 percent, to 10,104.06. The Standard & Poor&&9;s 500 Index (.SPX) rose 9.69 points, or 0.91 percent, to 1,078.99. The Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC) added 23.34 points, or 1.10 percent, to 2,135.78.
(Reporting by Leah Schnurr; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)
Stocks lifted by revived risk appetite