A merry day-after-Christmas came Wednesday, the fifth day of a partial government shutdown, when all three major stock indexes soared. The surge salvaged a market on the verge of collapse following a four-day sell-off and months of sluggish performance.With the Dow Jones industrial climbing 1,086 points, Wednesday was the largest single-day gain in stock market history.The resurgence came after a record-breaking holiday shopping spree attributed in part to larger paychecks and [...]
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