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For Wall St, March is best month since 2002

by Pat Coate | April 01, 2009

New York City, New York, USA - U.S. stocks climbed Tuesday, driving the S&P 500 to its best month since October 2002, as investors snapped up top-performing bank and technology shares as the first quarter came to an end.

Upbeat news from Europe set the tone for financials, helping them recover much of Monday's losses and continue a recent robust rally after British bank Barclays declined to take part in a government asset-protection plan.

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