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Good morning, I'm John Tucker of Banks and Technology shares, bolsting an early climb in stocks, before we get

new home sales at date at 10 o'clock.

That may show an improving U.S. economy as investors adapt to prospects for a Federal Reserve interest rate increase as early as next month.

As a result of those expectations, the dollar is higher this morning.

Right now in stocks, Dow Jones industrial average up 166 points.

Up about 1%, the S&P 500 up 17 and that as the composite index is of 45 points. Among the most actively traded shares in the

early going a shares of Twitter they're down 3.6% of Twitter has been

downgraded to a cell versus neutral at Moffitt-Nacifson.

Twitter is less of must-have for potential acquires the analyst's right.

And once again, the Down- Industrial Library, up 160 points.

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