The stock market today opened higher on mixed labor reports as investors await tomorrow's September jobs report.
The market was also lifted by encouraging comments from European Central Bank President Mario Draghi on the fiscal health of Spain. Speaking at his regular monthly news conference Draghi stated the ECB is ready to buy bonds when necessary and that the ECB will not lower its record low 0.75% refinancing rate.
Here are today's other major stories:
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The Dow Jones was up 68 points, or 0.51%, and the S&P 500 was up 7.53 points, or 0.52% as of noon.
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