U.S. stocks hit session highs in final 30 minutes

U.S. stocks hit session highs in final 30 minutes

August 24, 2011, 3:53 pm

U.S. stocks on Wednesday rallied to session highs into the close, extending gains into a third day, after the government reported orders for manufactured U.S. goods rose in July. "The news just had to stop being so bad, comparably," said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott.