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| 09:51am | U.S. Futures, European Stocks Up as Markets Take in U.K. Election Results | DJ |
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks were up more than 1 percent on Friday led by consumer discretionary and energy shares as investors looked to the proposed stimulus package by President-elect Barack Obama to jolt the world's biggest economy.
* "Today we're seeing some New Year optimism even though volumes are thin," said Andre Bakhos, president of Princeton Financial Group in Princeton, New Jersey.
* The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> rose 97.41 points, or 1.11 percent, at 8,873.80. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> added 8.48 points, or 0.94 percent, at 911.73. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> climbed 18.79 points, or 1.19 percent, at 1,595.82.
(Reporting by Deepa Seetharaman; Editing by Tom Hals)
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