U.S. Stocks Gain on M&A, Metal Prices; Archstone-Smith Shares Lead Advance

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks posted their biggest gain
this week after takeover speculation swept into the real-estate
industry and metals prices surged.

Real-estate investment trusts were the top three gainers in
the Standard & Poor's 500 Index after UBS AG said Archstone-Smith
Trust, the second-largest U.S. apartment owner, is a potential
takeover target. Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. led mining
shares higher after gold rebounded from a two-month low and silver
also rose.


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