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: Dow jumps 300 points at open as U.S. banking jitters ease

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U.S. stocks opened higher on Tuesday with the Dow climbing 300 points immediately after the opening bell as fears about banking-sector instability eased while investors awaited the Federal Reserve’s rate-hike decision, due out Wednesday afternoon in New York. The S&P 500 SPX gained 35 points, or 0.9%, to 3,986. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rose by 305 points, or 1%, to 32,550. The Nasdaq Composite COMP increased by 99 points, or 0.9%, to 11,775.

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