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Originally published Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 3:08 PM

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How the major stock indexes fared on Thursday

A bright forecast from Cisco Systems and upbeat economic news sent stocks soaring Thursday, propelling the Dow Jones industrials back above 10,000. The rally, coming a day before the government's October employment report, showed that investors are regaining their optimism about an economic recovery.

By The Associated Press

The Associated Press

A bright forecast from Cisco Systems and upbeat economic news sent stocks soaring Thursday, propelling the Dow Jones industrials back above 10,000. The rally, coming a day before the government's October employment report, showed that investors are regaining their optimism about an economic recovery.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 203.82, or 2.1 percent, to 10,005.96

The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 20.13, or 1.9 percent, to 1,066.63.

The Nasdaq composite index rose 49.80, or 2.4 percent, to 2,105.32.

For the week:

The Dow is up 293.23 or 3 percent

The S&P is up 30.44 or 2.9 percent

The Nasdaq is up 60.21 or 2.9 percent

For the year:

The Dow is up 1,229.57, or 14 percent.

The S&P is up 163.38, or 18.1 percent.

The Nasdaq is up 528.29, or 33.5 percent.

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