<p><div class="image-container float_right"><div class="image"><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5225e8376bb3f7a9111c64dc-317-236/screen shot 2013-09-03 at 9.46.09 am.png?maxX=485&amp;maxY=361" border="0" alt="stocks" width="485" height="361" /><p class="source">Google Finance</p></div></div>Investors and traders are back from their three-day weekends, and they're bidding stock prices higher.</p>
<p>The S&amp;P 500 is up by 1.0%. The Dow is up 113 points, or about 0.7%.</p>
<p>This comes after a wave of international PMI reports signaled that the world economy was still growing.</p>
<p>Geopolitical concerns have also receded a bit as any military response on Syria seems be delayed at the least.</p>

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Stocks Are Surging After The Long Weekend

Google FinanceInvestors and traders are back from their three-day weekends, and they're bidding stock prices higher. The S&amp;P 500 is up by 1.0%. The Dow is up 113 points, or about 0.7%. This comes after a wave of international PMI reports signaled that the world economy was still growing. Geopolitical concerns have also receded a bit as any military response on Syria seems be delayed at the least.

Google FinanceInvestors and traders are back from their three-day weekends, and they're bidding stock prices higher. The S&amp;P 500 is up by 1.

Stocks Are Surging After The Long Weekend

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