New York markets were higher at midday on higher investor confidence. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was 1.09 percent higher to 13,436.59, while the Nasdaq Composite had added 0.48 percent to 2,604.51 and the S&P 500 had gained 0.96 percent to 1,485.69. The FTSE Eurofirst 300 was 1.02 percent higher to 6,363.9 as European markets [...]
Dow adds over 1 percent at midday
