Wall Street surges as North Korea jitters ease

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Reuters NEW YORK
Last Updated : Aug 15 2017 | 1:57 AM IST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks recovered further on Monday from last week's selloff, with the S&P 500 posting its biggest one-day percentage gain since April as worries eased about a conflict between the United States and North Korea.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 135.12 points, or 0.62 percent, to 21,993.44, the S&P 500 gained 24.41 points, or 1.00 percent, to 2,465.73 and the Nasdaq Composite added 83.68 points, or 1.34 percent, to 6,340.23.

(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Nick Zieminski)

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