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S&P/ASX 200 jumps 2.1% to close above the 5,000 mark

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The S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) has staged a relief rally, closing the day up more than 2% and finishing above the 5,000 mark at 5,021.6. Most sectors finished the day in the green, with financials, metals & mining and telecommunication services the biggest risers.

Piggybacking on the market's rise, these four companies saw their share prices surge…

TPG Telecom Ltd's (ASX: TPM) share price jumped 7.1% to $10.86, after signing two deals with Vodafone. TPG will provide dark fibre and network services to 3,000 Vodafone Australia sites, while TPG's mobile phone customers will move onto the Vodafone network from Optus. TPG is expected to generate in excess of $900 million over the 15-year contract.

Fortescue Metals Group Limited (ASX: FMG) share price gained 9% to $1.82. The iron ore miner was heavily sold off yesterday along with virtually every other resource stock, but fears have abated somewhat, with many recovering today as bargain hunters swooped. That was despite the iron ore price falling 1.4% to US$56.05 a tonne overnight. Citi is forecasting prices to remain around US$50 per tonne over the next few months.

M2 Group Ltd (ASX: MTU) saw its share price rise 7.5% to $9.49. M2 received a friendly merger offer from Vocus Communications Limited (ASX: VOC) where M2 shareholders will receive 1.625 Vocus shares for each M2 share they hold. At the current Vocus share price of $5.88, M2 shares are roughly worth $9.55 each.

Coal miner New Hope Corporation Limited (ASX: NHC) share price gained 7% to $1.765 after the company acquired a 40% interest in the Bengalla thermal coal mine for $865 million from a subsidiary of Rio Tinto Limited (ASX: RIO). Bengalla has a 25 year permitted mine life and could increase production to 12 million tonnes per annum.

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