The market will be watching Friday's monthly jobs report particularly closely since unemployment is seen as the biggest obstacle in the way of a recovery.
The Dow is up 64 points at 9,345. The Standard & Poor's 500 index is up 8 at 1,003. The Nasdaq composite index is up 16 at 1,983.
Three stocks rose for every one that rose on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to a relatively low 1.2 billion shares.
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