US Stocks Advance for Second Straight Day

U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, for the second consecutive day, driven by optimism coming out of Europe.
US Stocks Advance for Second Straight Day
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A sculpture of a bull (R) symbolizing rising markets and a bear (L) symbolizing falling markets stand in front of the stock exchange in Frankfurt, western Germany, on Sept. 12. Tuesday's market gains were mainly driven by growing optimism in Europe on ways to contain an escalating sovereign debt crisis, originally arising from Greece but having affected much larger economies in the eurozone.(DANIEL ROLAND/AFP/Getty Images)
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