For the second day in a row, stocks had their best day of the year. After a huge rally on Wednesday, stocks topped these gains on Thursday, with the Dow gaining more than 400 points and all of the major equity indexes adding more than 2%. This was the biggest two-day rally for stocks since 2011 and the biggest one day gain for the S&P 500 since January 2013. First, the scoreboard: Dow: 17,775, +418, (+2.4%) S&P 500: 2,061.1, +48.2, (+2.4%) Nasdaq: 4,748.4, +104, (+2.2%) And now, the top stories on Thursday: 1. Crude oil fell again. For the second …read more
Source: Business Insider
