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What Happened in the Stock Market Today

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Major indexes initially plunged early Tuesday after North Korea fired a ballistic missile over the Tohoku region of Japan, but recovered as the day wore on. All told, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) gained 57 points, while the S&P edged just into positive territory.

Data source: Yahoo! Finance.

Oil stocks endured a similarly volatile session; the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration and Production ETF (NYSEMKT: XOP) initially dropped as much as 1.9% before recovering to close down 0.1%. Retail stocks also extended Monday's declines, with the SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEMKT: XRT) falling 0.6%.

Source: Fool.com

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