MARKET WATCH: Stock and oil prices rise after budget agreement

Major US stock indexes jumped in early trading Jan. 2 after the US House of Representatives finally passed a budget bill in a late-night session on New Year’s day when the country technically went over the long-feared fiscal cliff as automatic tax increases and spending cuts kicked in.

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