Spain offers dour prediction, but US stocks rise

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NEW YORK (AP) — As U.S. stocks struggled for direction, world finance leaders struggled for a way out of Europe’s mounting debt crisis.

Major market indexes ricocheted between slight gains and losses in morning trading, then settled into modest gains by mid-afternoon. European markets were mixed and the euro edged lower against the dollar.

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