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Reaction to last week's employment report translates into stock market gains as service sector, real estate also report upbeat news.

The stock market continued its advance of the past month after the Fed said it would keep interest rates low to revive the economy.

U.S. stocks rose broadly, with investors encouraged by a government report that job losses were less than expected in February.

U.S. stocks gained, as rising commodity prices boosted energy stocks, concerns about European governments' debt loads eased and data showed a brightening outlook for New York area manufacturing.

Rising oil prices and better-than-expected earnings from Exxon Mobil boosted energy companies.

Signs that manufacturing in the United States was on a path to recovery sent stocks upward on the first trading day after one of the steepest plunges in months.