U.S stocks end mostly higher on positive ISM

By FXstreet.com,  October 01, 2012, 04:28:00 PM EDT

FXstreet.com (San Francisco) - U.S. stocks closed mostly higher Monday after the Institute for Supply Management ( ISM ) Manufacturing Index showed the first expansion in the U.S. manufacturing sector in four months. Dow industrials added 77.91 points, or 0.6%, to 13,515.04. The S&P 500 gained 3.81 points, or 0.3%, to 1,444.48. The Nasdaq lost 2.70 points, or 0.1%, to 3,113.53.




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Referenced Stocks: ISM



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