How the major stock indexes fared on Wednesday

The stock market rebounded Wednesday following a stronger-than-expected increase in pending home sales and a recovery in shares of energy companies. The Dow Jones industrial average rose about 226 points, its third biggest gain of 2010. Major indexes recovered the losses they suffered Tuesday shortly before the close, when the government announced criminal and civil investigations into the Gulf oil spill. Energy stocks led the advance after oil prices rose....

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