Auspicious Economic Indicators Buoy US Stock Markets

U.S. stock markets gained on Thursday as positive economic indicators boosted investor confidence in the state of the economic recovery.
Auspicious Economic Indicators Buoy US Stock Markets
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on December 14, in New York City. U.S. stock markets gained on Thursday as positive economic indicators boosted investor confidence in the state of the economic recovery. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on December 14,  in New York City. U.S. stock markets gained on Thursday as positive economic indicators boosted investor confidence in the state of the economic recovery. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)