U.S. stocks rebound to log best day in 4 years

An afternoon surge Wednesday gave the stock market its best day in close to four years, as stocks rebounded from a six-day slump.

The three major U.S. indexes dropped six days in a row heading into Wednesday on concern that China's economy is weaker than investors had previously thought. That was the longest market slide in more than three years.

The Dow fell about 1,900 points over that period, while the slump wiped more than $2 trillion off the value of S&P 500 companies.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 619.07 points, or 4 percent, to 16,285. The Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 72.9 points, or 3.9 percent, to 1,940, giving the index its best day since November 2011. The Nasdaq composite gained 191 points, or 4.2 percent, to 4,697.

Read Thursday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.

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