LOCAL stocks rose for a third day on Thursday as investors cheered the US Federal Reserve’s decision to keep short-term interest rates to near zero.

Jason Escartin, investment analyst at F. Yap Securities Inc., said the local market and the majority of the global markets were upbeat about the US Fed’s decision.

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