US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St gains on upbeat data

NEW YORK, June 18 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks extended gains
on Thursday after three days of losses as data on the job
market and regional manufacturing revived hopes that the
recession-hit economy is stabilizing.

* The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI climbed 91.83
points, or 1.08 percent, to 8,589.01. The Standard & Poor's
500 Index .SPX rose 10.40 points, or 1.14 percent, to
921.11. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC gained 6.98 points,
or 0.39 percent, to 1,815.04.
(Reporting by Leah Schnurr; Editing by Jan Paschal)