Investors' fears lift, stocks
The stock market started September with a jolt, turning sharply higher after encouraging reports on manufacturing sent investors seeking out riskier investments.
The Dow Jones industrial average added 255 points, its best day since July 7. That marked a sharp break from August, when the market's most widely used index turned in its worst performance for the month in nine years.
Reports of stronger-than-expected manufacturing growth in China and the United States snapped a run of discouraging data on the economy.
While the Dow gained 2.5 percent to close at 10,269.47, broader indexes also had large gains. The Standard & Poor's 500 index and the Nasdaq each rose 3 percent. - AP
Sarra Sounds Off, Season 3, Ep 4: Top football teams in action, fantasy update and plays of the week Gregg Sarra sounds off on the Nassau Conference II football matchup between Calhoun at Carey, plus the comeback story of New Hyde Park's Gabriel Peter, an update on the high school fantasy football standings and the plays of the week.
Sarra Sounds Off, Season 3, Ep 4: Top football teams in action, fantasy update and plays of the week Gregg Sarra sounds off on the Nassau Conference II football matchup between Calhoun at Carey, plus the comeback story of New Hyde Park's Gabriel Peter, an update on the high school fantasy football standings and the plays of the week.
