For months, investors have waited for European leaders to take action to try to resolve the financial crisis there. Today, they finally got their wish, as European Central Bank leader Mario Draghi outlined a program under which the ECB would purchase bonds from weaker-performing nations in an effort to reduce their interest expenses. Stocks in Europe vaulted higher on the news, and the good cheer spread across the Atlantic, as the Dow Jones Industrials
Financial stocks were the biggest gainers in the Dow, with Bank of America
A host of industrial stocks also performed well. Alcoa
Finally, Cisco Systems
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