Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s stock shot up 3.1% in morning trade Tuesday, making it the biggest gainer among Dow Jones Industrial Average components, after the discount retail behemoth said it planned to create 10,000 U.S. jobs this year. The price gain of $2.05 was adding 14 points to the price of the Dow, which was down 25 points. The stock’s rally comes one session after it closed at an 8-month low, and a week after The Wall Street Journal reported Wal-Mart was preparing to cut hundreds of jobs by the end of January. On Tuesday, Wal-Mart said it estimates that 24,000 construction jobs will also be supoprted through the opening of new facilities and the improvement of existing facilities. The stock
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