FILE- In this Monday, June 11, 2012, file photo, Trader George Ettinger, left, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew/File)

Hope for Fed help powers U.S. stocks to big gain

By Pallavi Gogoi

| The Associated Press

First Published Jun 12 2012 06:59 am • Last Updated Jun 12 2012 06:23 pm

New York • U.S. stocks are closing higher, recovering some of their big loss from a day earlier, after a Federal Reserve official said he supported more measures to stimulate the economy.

The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 162 points to 12,574.

Charles Evans, president of the Fed’s Chicago bank, told Bloomberg News that he supported action to produce faster job growth. Last week, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said he was ready to act if the economy needs it but made no promises.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index gained 15 points to 1,324, and the Nasdaq composite rose 33 points to 2,843.

Gaining stocks outpaced losers about four to one in the United States. Volume was light, about 3.3 billion shares.

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