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U.S. stocks are rising as bank and energy shares let an early climb with higher oil prices,

adding to gains after the S&P 500 posted its best week since November.

We check the markets every 15 minutes throughout the trading day on Bloomberg.

S&P 500 at 1.3% or 24 points to 1942.

Dow Jones Industrial Average of 1.2% or 195 points to 16,588.

The NASDAQ up 1.2% or 56 points to 4560.

Ten year Treasury down 5.30 seconds, the yield 1.76% yield on the 2 year.

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