Updated at 1:31 p.m., Monday, July 2, 2007
Stocks end up on start of third quarter
Associated Press
Wall Street began the third quarter with a surge Monday, boosting the Dow Jones industrial average more than 120 points. The Institute for Supply Management's June manufacturing index came in better than expected, and the 10-year Treasury note's yield fell below 5 percent from 5.03 percent late Friday. Offers for Canadian telecommunications company BCE Inc., rural wireless provider Dobson Communications Corp. and British telecommunications company Virgin Media Inc. also buoyed stocks.
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