Wall Street higher as financial stocks gain on strong data

Shares of JPMorgan and Bank of America rose nearly 1 percent, helping the S&P financial index up 0.74 percent. Retailers Walmart and Home Depot gained more than 1 percent, boosting the Dow Jones Industrial Average, by 0.47 percent. Economic data showed U.S. industrial production jumped 1.1 percent in February and the University of Michigan's preliminary reading of consumer sentiment index rose more-than-expected at 102.0.

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