Today's market might have been sparked by jobs if you read around the web, but Chinese export gains and overseas market gains coupled with a Euro recovery probably added more fuel to the buying fire than anything. Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:
Dow 10,172.53 +273.28 (2.76%)
S&P 500 1,086.84 +31.15 (2.95%)
Nasdaq 2,218.71 +59.86 (2.77%)
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Today was one of the days where the only way to know where it would really end up was to have a crystal ball or time machine with a 4:00 PM destination. The only real data was existing home sales, and the overseas markets offered enough continued weakness and uncertainty that the news flow almost did not even matter. The three major stock indexes all spent at least some time in positive territory despite the woes of the day. 

