Stocks gained, overcoming the first US jobless rate to top 10 percent since 1983, as upgrades of GE and Macy’s helped spur optimism the economy is recovering. Gold reached a record above $1,100 an ounce. ‘Stocks rising in the face of the unemployment data is a recognition that we’re probably close to the peak in that number,’ said money manager Mark Bronzo.
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