Big tech boosts S&P 500 to best close since election
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks rose on Tuesday, led by gains in technology companies, helping the S&P 500 end at its highest level since Election Day. A 2. 2 percent gain to $541. 39 in Apple’s stock lifted the Nasdaq, as the largest U. S. company by market value rebounded from a week in which investors took profits before a possible tax rise next year. Prior to Tuesday’s trading, Apple shares had lost 25 percent from an all-time intraday high hit in September. Stocks pared some gains by late afternoon as more news on the "fiscal cliff" negotiations emerged. U. S. . . .
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