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S&P 500 Jumps as Tech Emerges From Recent Beatdown

Published 05/13/2022, 02:35 PM
Updated 05/13/2022, 03:26 PM
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By Yasin Ebrahim

Investing.com -- The S&P 500 surged Friday, as tech stocks staged a strong rebound from their recent rout as dip-buying appetite returned despite further evidence that inflation is hurting the consumer.

The S&P 500 rose 2.5%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.4%, or 458 points, and the Nasdaq gained 2.5%.

Growth sectors of the market including tech flourished after the recent selloff appeared to entice bargain-seeking investors back into big tech, with Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Meta (NASDAQ:FB) leading the charge.

The return to favor of tech stocks has many questioning whether this is a short-term relief rally that could soon fade, or is the start of a more sustained move to the upside.

“I think most of the damage has been done in the stock market … but I wouldn't expect a big snapback to recover all the recent losses," Sean Bonner, Founder of Guild and a former U.S. Navy veteran, said in an interview with Investing.com on Friday, flagging the threat of further upward surprises in inflation, which could further impact consumers.

“Ukraine is often referred to as the ‘breadbasket of Europe’ …. If a big portion of that is taken offline, then there could be more inflationary pressures on food commodity stocks, which will affect U.S. PPI and CPI,” Bonner added.

U.S. consumer sentiment on the economy in early May stooped to the lowest reading since 2011, the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index showed Friday.

Twitter (NYSE:TWTR), however, bucked the trend higher, falling more than 9%, after Elon Musk said he would put his takeover of the social media company “temporarily on hold,” citing concerns over fake accounts. The Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) chief executive, however, affirmed that he was committed to the take-private deal.

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal said that he still expects Musk to follow through on his deal to buy the company.

Consumer discretionary stocks were also involved in the heavy lifting of the broader market, supported by a surge in reopening stocks.

Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS), Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN), and Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH) were the top gainers in the sector.

Energy, meanwhile, continued to ride oil prices higher amid the tug of war between weaker demand and lower supplies as the war in the Ukraine rages on.

In other news, Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) surged nearly 24% after Sam Bankman-Fried, the chief executive of crypto exchange FTX, acquired a 7.6% stake in the trading platform.

Latest comments

Fed's put is dead. Beating the dead horse would be foolish.
Don't buy people.....hedge fund managers are tired of firing staff because they can't make no money don't give them a reason...next week they'll short tech...just hold let them suffer.
Really wondering what "former Navy veteran" has to do with this at all.
such a nice reason
Suc. Kers.
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