Jul 15
U.S. stocks traded higher Wednesday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 239 points to 8598, the Standard & Poor’s 500 climbed 25.3 points to 931 and the Nasdaq Composite increased 58.3 points to 1858.The rally pointed to rising confidence in a tech rebound, as investors braced for more earnings releases, including Thursday’s much-anticipated report from another industry bellwether, Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG, $435.77, +$11.08, 2.61%). Major bellwethers gained more than 2%, including Google,
