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U.S. stocks shoot to historic gains after Trump pauses most of his tariffs

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The S&P 500 had its third -best day since 1940 .

The Dow Jones Industrial Average shot to a gain of 2,962 points, or 7.9% .

The Nasdaq composite leaped 12.2% on Wednesday .

China raises tariff on U.S. goods to 84% and vows to fight to the end.

The biggest gain for the S&P 500 since World War II was an 11.6% surge on Oct. 13, 2008 .

That was during the depths of the Great Recession , when worries were high that the financial system was collapsing.

The Dow Jones Industrial gained 2,962.86 to 40,608.45 , and the Nasdaq composite surged 1,857.06 to 17,124.97 .

Delta Air Lines soared 23.4% after pulling financial forecasts for 2025 .

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80

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formal

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English

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