S&P 500 rises sharply as traders digest jobs, manufacturing data ahead of Fed minutes
U.S. stocks were up Wednesday at midday as investors digest the latest jobs data and a fresh reading on manufacturing activity ahead of the Federal Reserve’s release of its policy meeting minutes. How stock indexes are trading The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.71% was up 246 points, or 0.7%, at 33,385. The S&P 500…