US STOCKS-Wall St extends gains on May sales, Verizon
ju4 wa4i dia4n zo1ng he2 ba4o da4o :\n  (Updates with Nasdaq rising 1 percent)\nNEW YORK, June 5 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks extended gains on\nThursday, lifting the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 more than 1\npercent, as May retail sales pointed to strength in consumer\nspending, while Verizon Communication Inc's <VZ.N> plan to buy\nrural mobile phone company Alltel fueled deal optimism.\nThe Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> climbed 112.36\npoints, or 0.91 percent, to 12,502.84. The Standard & Poor's\n500 Index <.SPX> gained 13.92 points, or 1.01 percent, to\n1,391.12. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> shot up 31.34\npoints, or 1.25 percent, to 2,534.48.\n(Reporting by Ellis Mnyandu; Editing by Kenneth Barry)\n((Ellis.Mnyandu@thomsonreuters.com; 1 646 223 6085; Reuters\nMessaging:ellis.mnyandu.reuters.com@reuters.net))\n((Multimedia versions of Reuters Top News are now available\nfor: * 3000 Xtra: visit http://topnews.session.rservices.com *\nBridgeStation: view story .134 For more information on Top\nNews: http://topnews.reuters.com))\nKeywords: MARKETS STOCKS