Robert Tuccillo, Jr., a Barclays Capital trader, is surrounded with stock market info monitors as he works during the first day of trading at the New York Stock Market on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012.  The Dow Jones industrial average soared 200 points, or 1.7 percent, to 12,423 in the first minutes of trading Tuesday. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)AP – The stock market got a big jump on a better year.


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US stocks leap on first day of new year (AP)

By admin on January 3rd, 2012

Robert Tuccillo, Jr., a Barclays Capital trader, is surrounded with stock market info monitors as he works during the first day of trading at the New York Stock Market on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012.  The Dow Jones industrial average soared 200 points, or 1.7 percent, to 12,423 in the first minutes of trading Tuesday. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)AP – The stock market got a big jump on a better year.


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German, French stocks up in light trading (AP)

By admin on January 2nd, 2012

In this Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011 photo, Occupy Wall Street protesters celebrate in Zuccotti Park in New York, standing on barricades they removed from around the park. The demonstrators had been evicted from the Park in November. Dozens of protesters were arrested as they tore down the barricades surrounding the park just before midnight on New Year's Eve. (AP Photo/Stephanie Keith)AP – Global stock markets opened a risk-filled new year still smarting from a rough 2011, as many exchanges remained closed. German and French stocks rose in light volumes as a a reading of manufacturing activity in Europe improved.


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Reuters – European stocks ended higher in their first trading session of the year on Monday, led by defensive utilities such as E.ON (EONGn.DE) and GDF Suez , while volumes were anaemic as UK and U.S. markets remained closed for the New Year holiday.

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Reuters – European shares made a positive start to the New Year as they extended a two-week rebound in thin trade on Monday, with automotive stocks and euro zone banks leading the charge.

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In this Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011 photo, Occupy Wall Street protesters celebrate in Zuccotti Park in New York, standing on barricades they removed from around the park. The demonstrators had been evicted from the Park in November. Dozens of protesters were arrested as they tore down the barricades surrounding the park just before midnight on New Year's Eve. (AP Photo/Stephanie Keith)AP – Global stock markets opened a risk-filled New Year still hung over from a rough 2011, with little direction to trading and many exchanges closed.


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In this Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011 photo, Occupy Wall Street protesters celebrate in Zuccotti Park in New York, standing on barricades they removed from around the park. The demonstrators had been evicted from the Park in November. Dozens of protesters were arrested as they tore down the barricades surrounding the park just before midnight on New Year's Eve. (AP Photo/Stephanie Keith)AP – Major stock indexes in South Korea and Taiwan fell Monday, while most other major Asian stock markets were closed for an extended New Year’s holiday.


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AP – It’s a bittersweet way for investors to begin a new year.

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