Wall Street ends first day of 2012 with gains after data showed U.S. manufacturing activity and construction spending picked up
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors, hoping for something better than 2011’s flat stock market, pushed shares higher on Tuesday to begin the new year, though questions remain about whether a rally can be sustained.
Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 176.87 points, or 1.45 percent, at 12,394.43. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was up 19.18 points, or 1.53 percent, at 1,276.78. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 43.20 points, or 1.66 percent, at 2,648.35.
(Reporting By Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Kenneth Barry
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