US stocks rise, breaking a three-day slump

The Associated Press

U.S. stocks are rising in midday trading as the market shakes off a three-day slump.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 134 points, or 0.8 percent, to 16,453 as of 11:54 a.m. Eastern time Tuesday.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 rose 21 points, or 1.1 percent, to 1,896. The Nasdaq rose 62 points, or 1.5 percent, to 4,275.

The market is coming off three straight losses. The Dow closed 222 points lower on Monday after a late-afternoon slide. The Dow is down 1 percent for the year, and the S&P 500 index is up 3 percent.

Delta Air Lines rose 7 percent, the most in the S&P 500.

Crude oil fell $1.14 to $84.60 a barrel.

Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.22 percent.

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