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News on factory orders gives stocks a lift

Major indexes wavered early on but moved decisively higher after the government said factory orders rose 0.7% in May — welcome news after Monday’s trade-group report that said manufacturing shrank in June for the first time since July 2009. Oil climbed more than 4 percent after Iran threatened to block a critical Persian Gulf shipping route.