02-06-2020 22:11 via feedproxy.google.com

Dow climbs 268 points as economic-reopening hope offsets civil unrest

US stocks rose Tuesday as investors looked past nationwide civil unrest to encouraging signs of an economic reopening. 
Equity futures slipped initially in overnight trading after President Donald Trump said he would deploy the military if states didn't act to quell violence from protests.
Those losses were erased by the market open as traders weighed signals of an economic recovery and the prospect of new German stimulus. Major indexes closed at session highs.
Oil prices gained as OPEC and
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