Stocks Higher Again On Bargain Hunting
NEW YORK (AP) - The slock market put together a Û¢technical rally .Wednesday with a lift from hopes for strong consumer spending through the Christmas season.</br></br>The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials rose 9.84 to 833.99, with more than half the gain coming in the final hour of the session.</br></br>It was the best day for the closely watched average since it took a 13.70-point jump four weeks before, on Nov. 12.</br></br>Advances outnumbered declines for the first time in the last eight sessions on the New York Stock Exchange, with 897 issues up and 483 down among the 1,843 traded.</br></br>Standard & PoorÛªs 500-stock index gained .78 to 88.08. and the NYSE's composite index added .42 to 46.40.