USA Today: Stocks rally on home sales report as Dow tops 9,000
The powerful rally on Wall Street reached a significant milestone Thursday after the Dow Jones industrial average pulled its chin over the 9,000 mark for the first time since January.
A better-than-expected report of a 3.6% rise in existing home sales in June from the National Association of Realtors Thursday is just the latest sign telling investors that the economy’s worst may be over.
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