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Record Day on Wall Street

Stocks surged on Wall Street Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average vaulting more than 1,000 points, its biggest one-day point-gain ever. Investors recouped all their losses from Wall Street's Christmas Eve plunge as stocks rallied across all sectors, giving…

Dow plunges 1,175

Stocks went into free fall today as the Dow plunged 1,175 points, one of the biggest point declines during a trading day. The drop amounted to 4.6 percent, the biggest decline since August 2011 during the European debt crisis. It…