Wall Street gains on Bernanke comments, S&P above 1,500
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks rose on Wednesday, with major indexes posting their best daily gains since early January, as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke remained steadfast in supporting the Fed’s stimulus policy and data pointed to economic improvement. In a second day before a congressional committee, Bernanke defended the Fed’s buying of bonds to keep interest rates low to boost growth. The market’s jump of more than 1 percent also came on better-than-expected data on business spending plans and the housing market. . . .
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