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Stocks trending higher Tuesday in early trading on Wall Street as Americans head to the polls

Source: nola.com - Nov 6, 2012

By The Associated Press
on November 06, 2012 at 8:48 AM, updated November 06, 2012 at 8:58 AM


NEW YORK -- Stocks are heading higher in early trading on Wall Street as Americans lined up to cast their votes in the U.S. presidential election. Companies including Computer Sciences and Medifast rose sharply after turning in strong earnings reports.
The Dow Jones industrial average is up 74 points at 13,186 shortly after the opening bell Tuesday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index is up six points at 1,423 and the Nasdaq composite is up five at 3,005.

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