RTRS: Wall Street extends gains; Nasdaq up 1 percent
(Reuters) - Stocks extended gains on Tuesday, with the Nasdaq climbing more than 1 percent, on expectations the European Central Bank will take action soon to combat the euro zone's debt crisis.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 83.52 points, or 0.64 percent, to 13,201.03. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX climbed 11.16 points, or 0.80 percent, to 1,405.39. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC gained 31.31 points, or 1.05 percent, to 3,021.22.
(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak, editing by Dave Zimmerman)
