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Stock Market Today: Energy Sector Leads Equity Comeback

The major indexes swung to a positive finish Tuesday after shrugging off a couple of would-be headwinds.

"After holding on to slight gains late in the trading session yesterday, U.S. equities came under considerable pressure overnight and in the early hours this morning, with two major catalysts driving this early underperformance," notes Michael Reinking, senior market strategist at the New York Stock Exchange.

First among those was (, -2.3%), which sold off this morning after announcing a plan to aggressively "right-size" its inventory

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