The US markets ended sharply higher on Monday, with Nasdaq settling over two percent, as investors contemplated a potential slowdown in interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve and braced for a busy week of earnings. Technology stocks helped lead the markets higher once again, contributing to the standout gain by the tech-heavy Nasdaq. Shares of Tesla and Apple gained on hopes that a reopening in China would boost their businesses. Both big tech names recently grappled with temporary shutdowns and blows to production as the country dealt with surging Covid-19 cases. Semiconductor stocks turned in a particularly strong performance, driving the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index up by 5.0 percent to a five-month closing high.
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) spiked by 9.2 percent after Barclays upgraded its rating on the company's stock to Overweight from Equal Weight. Significant strength was also visible among computer hardware stocks, as reflected by the 3.6 percent surge by the NYSE Arca Computer Hardware Index. Networking and software stocks also saw considerable strength, while banking and transportation stocks turned in some of the best performances outside the tech sector. The extended rally on Markets came even as traders looked ahead to the release of earnings news from a number of big-name companies this week.
Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 254.07 points or 0.76 percent to 33,629.56, Nasdaq advanced 223.98 points or 2.01 percent to 11,364.41 and S&P 500 was up by 47.2 points or 1.19 percent to 4,019.81.
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