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 　　NEW YORK, April 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks bounced back on Tuesday from Monday's pullback, with both the Dow Jones Industrial Average index and S&P 500 closing at all-time highs, bolstered¹ by strong gains in health insurance companies.

　　The blue-chip Dow also set another record intraday high of 14, 684.49 points before paring early gains. The index jumped 89.16 points, or 0.61 percent, to 14,662.01.

　　The broader Standard & Poor's 500-stock Index surged 8.08 points, or 0.52 percent, to 1,570.25. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index soared 15.69 points, or 0.48 percent, to 3,254.86.

　　The main stock indices opened higher, following a rally in the European stock market as worries about Cypriot situation eased. Some European stock exchanges closed on Easter Monday.

　　The market moved higher, boosted by leaping shares of health insurers which benefited from the Medicare Advantage rate revise announced by federal government on Monday. Shares of Humana surged 5.45 percent while UnitedHealth shares rose 4.70 percent. In addition, Aetna shares were up 3.67 percent.

　　Wall Street has been showing impressive resilience since the start of this year. The market seemingly could rebound² soon after a selloff as investors³ intended to buy a dip.

　　On the economic front, new orders for U.S. manufactured goods in February increased 3.0 percent, following a dip of 1.0 percent in the previous month, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.

　　The CBOE Volatility⁴ Index, considered the fear gauge⁵ of Wall Street, dipped 5.89 percent to 12.78.

　　In corporate⁶ news, Verizon shares gained 0.57 percent to 49.50 U.S. dollars and AT&T shares rose 0.86 percent to 37.57 dollars after the two telecom giants have been reportedly working on a 245- billion- -dollar break-up bid for Vodafone. If the deal succeeds, it would be the biggest takeover in history.

　　Shares of Ford⁷ and General Motors advanced 0.85 percent and 0. 47 percent respectively after posting increasing auto⁸ sales.

　　Goldman Sachs shares were up 0.44 percent to 146.68 dollars though Bank of America downgraded the investment bank from Buy to Neutral and maintained a price objective of 155 dollars.

　　Shares of Nasdaq OMX Group plummeted⁹ 12.84 percent to 27.90 dollars after the company agreed to buy a trading platform from BGC Partners. BGC shares jumped 48.57 percent to 5.72 dollars.

　　In other markets, light, sweet crude for May delivery gained 12 cents, or 0.12 percent, to settle at 97.19 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange on Tuesday. While Brent crude for May delivery was down 39 cents, or 0.35 percent, to close at 110.69 dollars a barrel.

　　Gold future for June delivery on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange on Tuesday fell 25 dollars, or 1.56 percent, to settle at 1,575.9 dollars per ounce.

　　The U.S. dollar traded mixed against major currencies on Tuesday. It advanced versus¹⁰ the euro after data showed the eurozone unemployment rate stayed at record high in February.

1 bolstered   

v.支持( bolster的过去式和过去分词 )；支撑；给予必要的支持；援助

参考例句：

• He bolstered his plea with new evidence. 他举出新的证据来支持他的抗辩。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The data must be bolstered by inferences and indirect estimates of varying degrees of reliability. 这些资料必须借助于推理及可靠程度不同的间接估计。 来自辞典例句

2 rebound   

v.弹回；n.弹回，跳回

参考例句：

• The vibrations accompanying the rebound are the earth quake.伴随这种回弹的振动就是地震。
• Our evil example will rebound upon ourselves.我们的坏榜样会回到我们自己头上的。

3 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

4 volatility   

n.挥发性，挥发度，轻快，（性格）反复无常

参考例句：

• That was one reason why volatility was so low last year.这也是去年波动性如此低的原因之一。
• Yet because volatility remained low for so long,disaster myopia prevailed.然而，由于相当长的时间里波动性小，灾难短视就获胜了。

5 gauge   

v.精确计量；估计；n.标准度量；计量器

参考例句：

• Can you gauge what her reaction is likely to be?你能揣测她的反应可能是什么吗？
• It's difficult to gauge one's character.要判断一个人的品格是很困难的。

6 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

7 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

8 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

9 plummeted   

v.垂直落下，骤然跌落( plummet的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Share prices plummeted to an all-time low. 股票价格暴跌到历史最低点。
• A plane plummeted to earth. 一架飞机一头栽向地面。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 versus   

prep.以…为对手，对；与…相比之下

参考例句：

• The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
• The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。