Stocks jump after Italy passes economic reforms


November 11, 2011 at 11:45a.m.

Stocks jump after Italy passes economic reforms

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rallied today as new governments get ready to take over in Italy and Greece, the two countries at the center of Europe’s debt crisis. Italy’s Senate approved an economic reform bill, opening the way for Premier Silvio Berlusconi to step down. The Dow Jones industrial average is up 266 points, or 2.2 percent, to 12,159 as of 10:45 a.m. Eastern