Business and Finance
Stock-market bulls barreled through fears of $100 oil, seizing instead on encouraging U.S. economic reports to push the Dow industrials to 12258.20, up 191.40 points, or 1.6%. Investors sold off gold for the first session in four and Treasurys fell, lifting yields to a two-week high.</br></br>---</br></br>The U.S. and Mexico unveiled an agreement that seeks to end a nearly 20-year ban on Mexican trucks crossing the U.S. border.</br></br>---</br></br>The ECB's Trichet signaled that the central bank could raise euro-zone interest rates next month, in what would be the first increase since 2008.