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Oil, Earnings Drive Stocks, Volume Higher; Nike, Citrix, Hess Rise

Oil prices jumped, lifting stocks Thursday, after Russia hinted at production talks with Saudi Arabia. (Shutterstock)

ALAN R. ELLIOTT
10:46 AM ET 01/28/2016

Stocks stepped into modest early gains in rising trade Thursday as a pop in oil prices augmented a heavy slate of big name earnings reports. Volume pulsed higher in the stock market today, rising 22% on the NYSE and 45% on the Nasdaq, compared with action at the same time Wednesday. Early economic news was mixed: a surprise fall in…

Oil, Earnings Drive Stocks, Volume Higher; Nike, Citrix, Hess Rise

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