May 8 — Stocks rallied strongly Wednesday, after networking giant Cisco Systems posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings and indicated technology spending may be recovering.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up around 281 points, or 2.9 percent, and was back above the psychologically-key 10,000 level. The blue-chip index closed Tuesday’s session 28.51 points higher at 9,836.55.

Here comes the Bulls!