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February 3, 2010

Home sales boost stocks

NEW YORK (AP) — Signs of strength in the housing market pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to its second straight gain of more than 100 points.

An increase in the number of people with contracts to buy homes and the first profit at homebuilder D.R. Horton in three years raised hopes that one of the most stubborn weak spots in the economy is improving.


 
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