US markets close up to boost core positions

The US markets closed Tuesday with gains for its three core indices with the technology focused Nasdaq up for the second day in a row, not having achieved that statistic since last July. It rose 61.51 points, a gain of 2.9%, to 2204.43 while the Dow Jones added 28.92 to 10,591.22 and the Standard & Poor's 500 climbed 12.39 points to 1253.80 and is now just 24 points short of it 20 February close. The Nasdaq rose with gains for Centaur Mining and Exploration up $2.81, as much as 84%, to $6.12, software provider Vignette rose $1.78 to 6.93 and Ulticom increased $5.81 to 25.37. EMC, AOL Tim...