RTRS: US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Market extends gains after housing data
U.S. stocks extended gains on Monday, sending the benchmark S&P 500 up more than 3 percent, following a report that showed sales of existing homes rebounded in February. For details, see [ID:nN23499930]
* The housing data added to the optimism sparked earlier by the unveiling of a U.S. government plan to relieve banks of money-losing assets to revive the recession-hit economy.
* The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 208.20 points, or 2.86 percent, at 7,486.58. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX was up 23.94 points, or 3.11 percent, at 792.48. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC was up 41.58 points, or 2.85 percent, at 1,498.85. (Reporting by Ellis Mnyandu, Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
