Apr 28, 1998 12:01 PM

Market Update

Stocks rallied sharply in early trading but gave back some gains by midday. Still, today's performance is better than Monday's, which had 'em running scared. The Nasdaq was up more than 16 and the Dow had gained more than 22.

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