Tech, health care stocks lead Wall Street indexes higher
Tech, health care stocks lead Wall Street indexes higher
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA
Health care and technology companies led a broad rally for stocks on Wall Street Tuesday as investors welcomed another batch of encouraging company earnings reports.
The S&P 500 rose 0.7%, driving the benchmark index to its fifth straight gain. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 0.7%.
Among the tech sector winners were…