U.S. markets post solid day

NEW YORK, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Investors notched a solid day of trading on Tuesday with rebounds in the financial markets offsetting fractional losses in the technology sector.

The Dow Jones industrial average posted a 133.40 point gain, or 1.07 percent, closing at 12,373.41 points.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index added 9.73 points or 0.73 percent to 1,348.86. The Nasdaq composite of tech-dominated shares declined 0.02 points to 2,320.04.

On the New York Stock Exchange, 2,128 stocks were gainers and 992 declined on volume of 4.003 billion shares traded.

The 10-year Treasury note fell 13/32 Tuesday, to yield 3.667 percent.

The dollar was mixed. The euro traded at $1.4589, compared with $1.4523 Monday and the dollar traded at 107.28 yen, down from 106.91 yen Monday.

In Tokyo, the Nikkei average gained 4.72 points Tuesday to 13,021.96, up 0.03 percent.

In London, the FTSE 100 index was up 202.30 points to 5,910.00, a gain of 3.54 percent.