U.S. stocks rally 1 pct on energy, materials shares


Wall St stocks rallied off a lower open Thursday as news of a Greek bailout plan and a sharp drop in jobless claims helped calm cautious investors ? and put them in the mood to take some risks.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 105.81, or 1.1 percent, to close at 10,144.19. The S&P 500 added 1 percent and the Nasdaq shot up 1.4 percent.

Upbeat economic data also gave the market a boost: Jobless claims fell by 43,000 last week


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