U.S. stocks rose,
after a three-day rally in the Standard & Poor™s 500 Index, as
regional banks and transportation companies posted better-than-forecast
earnings and the European Central Bank unveiled an expanded stimulus
plan.
KeyCorp led gains
among regional banks after fourth-quarter results topped analyst
estimates. Southwest Airlines Co. jumped 6.2 percent as profit rose 71
percent on lower jet fuel prices. Union Pacific Corp. added 4.2 percent
as a strengthening U.S. economy and growing construction market boosted
traffic on the rails in the fourth quarter. EBay Inc. increased 4.9
percent after entering a standstill agreement with activist investor
Carl Icahn.
The S&P 500 gained
0.7 percent to 2,046 at 12:21 p.m. in New York. The gauge climbed back
to its average price for the past 50 days. The Dow Jones Industrial
Average climbed 113.73 points, or 0.7 percent, to 17,668.01. Trading in
S&P 500 companies was 22 percent above the 30-day average for this
time of the day.
Draghi announced an
expanded asset-purchase program, including private and public
securities, of up to 60 billion euros ($69 billion) a month. The buying
will continue through September 2016. The announcement came after the
ECB kept benchmark rates unchanged at record lows.
Source : Bloomberg
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