Wall Street surges to its best day in two months

Wall Street surges to its best day in two months


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By Medha Singh and Arjun Panchadar
August 9, 2019 — 5.30am



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The S&P 500 registered its largest one-day percentage gain in about two months on Thursday, with technology shares providing the biggest boost as equities continued to rebound along with bond yields.



Wall Street had its biggest one-day gain in two months on Thursday. Credit:AP


All major sectors advanced at least 1 per cent, and the S&P 500 technology index, which was at the heart of the recent sell-off, climbed 2.4 per cent.


The benchmark S&P 500 extended a rebound that began on Wednesday and closed near its high of the day. The index gained 4 per cent from Wednesday's intraday bottom to Thursday's close.


Strategists said stock market futures strengthened heading into the day, and bargain hunters stepped in to snap up beaten-down shares.




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"The overnight action was positive. That, along with the bounce back yesterday, gave us a nice tailwind coming into the market today, both for high-frequency traders who were buying the trend and also for bargain hunters who had seen stocks that were on the watchlist come down to a level that looked attractive," said Bucky Hellwig, senior vice president at BB&T Wealth Management.

"So we've seen a lot of the tech names pop after they got hammered."


Advanced Micro Devices gained 16.2 per cent after the chipmaker launched its second generation of processor chip and said that it had landed Alphabet Inc's Google and Twitter Inc as customers.


Symantec jumped 12.3 per cent after sources said chipmaker Broadcom Inc was in advanced talks to buy the cybersecurity company's enterprise business. After the bell, Symantec confirmed the sale.



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