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The gains over the course of Friday and Monday left the market with its first two-day advance in three weeks. The 11.8 percent gain gave the Dow its biggest two-day percentage gain since October 1987, the month of the Black Monday crash. The blue chips' 891-point jump over the two sessions also wiped out the 872-point plunge it suffered on Wednesday and Thursday, when investors worried about the prospects for Citigroup Inc. and financial companies in general, and the nation's automakers. Early Tuesday, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, fell to 3.23 percent from 3.33 percent late Monday. For the three-month T-bill, considered one of the safest investments, the yield rose to 0.14 percent from 0.01 percent late Monday. The dollar was higher against most other major currencies, while gold prices fell. Overseas, Japan's Nikkei stock average rose 5.22 percent. In afternoon trading, Britain's FTSE 100 rose 0.44 percent, Germany's DAX index fell 0.45 percent, and France's CAC-40 rose 0.51 percent. ___ On the Net: New York Stock Exchange: http://www.nyse.com/ Nasdaq Stock Market: http://www.nasdaq.com/
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