Dow Jones up 6.1% for 2011

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Dow Jones Industrial Average Index gained 1.12% or 135.63 points and finished at 12,287.04 on positive news about US long term employment tendencies. All 30 of blue chips constituents surged sending index 6.1% up on a yearly basis with one trading session left. Financials and technology stocks bolstered the index with Bank Of America Corp. surging 3.21% and Hewlett-Packard Company adding 1.67%. General Electric Company gained 1.35% and International Business Machines soared 1.19%.

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