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Mexico stocks up on US productivity, jobless data

Thu Nov 5, 2009 9:58am EST

MEXICO CITY, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Mexican stocks rose sharply on Thursday after U.S. data showed a jump in productivity and a drop in new claims for jobless aid, boding well for economic recovery in the United States, Mexico's top trading partner.

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The IPC stock index .MXX rose 1.07 percent to 29,744. (Reporting by Michael O'Boyle; Editing by James Dalgleish)



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