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The S&P 500 was up 28.83 points, or 1.11 percent and the Nasdaq Composite rose 84.60 points, or 1.22 percent.
Wall Street closed sharply with each of the major United States indexes suffering their fourth decline in five sessions, fueled by a selloff in the tech sector.
Asian stock markets were mixed on Thursday as tech-sector losses on Wall Street weighed on sentiment. Facebook has lost 20 percent of its value since hitting a record high February 1.
The total-return S&P has also risen for nine straight quarters, but if it goes green for a 10th, that will only match the longest streak since a 10-quarter rally ending in the second quarter of 2015. The Nasdaq composite slid 45 points, or 0.7 percent, to 6,962.
Also helping matters were comments by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, who said in a Fox News interview on Sunday that he was "cautiously hopeful" the U.S. and China would reach a trade deal.
The Wall Street Journal also reported that U.S. and Chinese officials are working to improve USA access to China's markets.
U.S. WTI crude futures dropped 0.8 percent to US$64.85 while Brent crude futures traded 0.7 per cent lower at US$69.95 per barrel, off Monday's high of US$71.05, which was its highest since late January. The March Conference Board survey of US consumer sentiment revealed that 6% of these investors think the USA stock market will be higher in the next year. Of the three main benchmarks, Nasdaq turned down first, and eventually the Dow Jones industrials and S&P 500 tumbled as well.
The Dow is down 861.51 points, or 3.5 percent.
The Dow Jones industrial average surged almost 670 points, erasing almost half the ground it lost last week and marking the biggest gain since August 2015.
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The S&P 500 climbed 14 points, or 0.6 percent, to 2,673.
Another weak spot in the tech space was Nvidia, which fell 2.8 percent after the company temporarily suspended self-driving tests across the globe.
Tuesday's battering saw the Nasdaq slump nearly 3 per cent and the broader S&P drop 1.7 per cent.
Microsoft, which outgained all the other companies in the S&P 500 Monday, gave up $4.31, or 4.6 percent, to $89.47.
The major European markets have also moved sharply higher on the day. "They're a lot more vulnerable than Facebook". Prices dipped ahead of an anticipated rise in USA weekly crude inventories tomorrow. Brent crude, used to price worldwide oils, shed 2 cents to $69.50. Apple rose 1 percent and JPMorgan Chase increased 1.1 percent.
GameStop shares fell 10.8 per cent after the company provided disappointing full-year sales forecast. Black gold gave back 1.4% for the week.
CURRENCIES: The dollar eased after making a big jump against the yen to its highest level in three weeks.
Some investors appeared to have done so, with Bank of America saying Monday that clients buying led to net inflows of about $3 billion.
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