U.S. Stocks Gain as Housing Data Beats Estimates

Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Deborah Kostroun reports on the performance of the U.S. equity...  More »

Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Deborah Kostroun reports on the performance of the U.S. equity market today. U.S. stocks climbed, giving the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index its biggest gain of the month, as better-than-estimated housing starts added to expectations the world’s largest economy will weather Europe’s debt crisis. Michael McKee also speaks. (Source: Bloomberg)  « Less