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MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stocks Rise After Upbeat Jobs Data, Earnings

U.S. stocks ended up on Thursday, buoyed by corporate-earnings reports and data showing a sharp drop in weekly jobless claims.The S&P 500 index (SPX) a broad measure of the stock market, closed up 6.37 points, or 0.4%, at 1,585.16, after hitting an intraday high of 1,592.64.Stocks, which had been trading near session highs for much of the day, pared gains in the afternoon following a report in the German daily Handelsblatt that Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann sent a letter to Germany's constitutional court criticizing the European Central Bank's Outright Money Transactions, or OMT. Weidmann, in his comments, said the OMT can affect the independence of central banks and devalues the sovereign debt of countries in the program.The OMT bond-buying program allows the ECB to step in to buy the debt of governments that apply for help from Europe's rescue fund.U.S. stocks had maintained positive momentum for most of the day after the Labor Department reported the number of people who applie...

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