US stocks notched gains for a third straight day as investors looked past disappointing economic data to a batch of positive corporate earnings reports.The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Thursday closed with a modest increase of 34.66 points, or 0.27 per cent, at 12,943.36.
20/07/2012 - 06:53
US stocks score third day of gains
20/07/2012 - 06:53
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