Dow soars toward best 2-day gain in 2 1/2 years

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +2.19% bulled 750.52 points, or 2.5% higher, in midday trading Tuesday with all 30 components trading higher. Together with Monday’s 765.38-point gain, the two-day rally of 1,516.59 points puts the blue-chip barometer on track for the best two-day performance since it climbed a total of 1,601.33 points on April 6 and April 7 of 2020. On Tuesday, the best performers were shares of Salesforce Inc. CRM, +5.21%, up 5.8% and Boeing Co. BA, +4.49%, which climbed 5.1%. The Dow’s most active stock was Apple Inc. AAPL, +1.73%, which ran up 2.0%, while the worst performer was Amgen Inc.’s stock, which gained 0.7%. The Dow’s rally took the index back above the June closing low, a little more than a week after closing below it on Sept. 23 to take the current bear market to a new phase.

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