U.S. stocks rise on jobs data, Greece, Fed report

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch)
U.S. stocks Wednesday rebounded from the prior session's steep selloff
Investors took heart from February job gains estimated by Automatic Data Processing; a news report that the Federal Reserve was considering a new bond-buying program if it needs to further jump-start the economy; and some progress on the Greek private-sector debt swap
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 78.18 points, or 0.6%, to 12,837.33
The S&P 500 rose 9.27 points, or 0.7%, to 1,352.63
The Nasdaq Composite gained 25.37 points, or 0.9%, to 2,935.69
"Recent headlines suggest near-term stability (today) instead of uncertainty ... so we could tick up through the rest of the week," said Robert Laura, president of Synergos Financial Group in Brighton, Michigan