residential construction, the government said. The U.S. dollar fell versus the euro and gained versus the yen. Light sweet crude oil for January delivery rose $1.47 to $78.75 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold for December delivery rose $18 to $1,199.10 an ounce after rising as high as $1,202.70. It was the first time the metal has traded above $1,200. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 126.74, or 1.2 percent, to 10,471.58. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 13.23, or 1.2 percent, to 1,108.66. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 31.21, or 1.5 percent, to 2,175.81. The New York Stock Exchange composite index rose 119.72 to 7,212.08. The American Stock Exchange composite index rose 43.64 to 1,806.10. And the Russell 2000 index rose 9.47 to 589.20.
