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Stocks gain on encouraging signs in spending and home sales

FILE - This July 16, 2013 file photo shows a Wall Street street sign outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York. U.S. stocks are starting the week sharply higher Monday, March 30, 2015, led by energy companies. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
FILE - This July 16, 2013 file photo shows a Wall Street street sign outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York. U.S. stocks are starting the week sharply higher Monday, March 30, 2015, led by energy companies. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

By Associated Press 1 min read

NEW YORK (AP) – U.S. stock indexes are closing higher following encouraging news on consumer spending and home sales.

Energy stocks and banks had some of the biggest gains Monday.

UnitedHealth Group jumped 2.5 percent after the nation’s largest health insurer said it would buy pharmacy benefits manager Catamaran.

The Dow Jones industrial average soared 263 points, or 1.5 percent, to 17,976.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 25 points, or 1.2 percent, to 2,086. The Nasdaq composite climbed 56 points, or 1.1 percent, to 4,947.