Technology Leads Stock Market Recovery

Technology stocks led the market's recovery on Wednesday, with the NASDAQ surging 2.5%, while the S&P 500 added more than 2%.

Leading the advancers on the NASDAQ were:

• Superconductor Technologies (SCON | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating)
• Airvana (AIRV | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating)
• Synovis Life Technologies (SYNO | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating)

Among the NYSE leaders were:

• NIS Group (NIS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating)
• Beazer Homes USA (BZH | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating)
• China Southern Airlines (ZNH | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating)

Two more NYSE stocks that were in the news today also made the top 10 percentage gainers list were Dollar Tree Stores and Big Lots.

Q2 profit rose at Dollar Tree Stores (DLTR | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) (read more).

Big Lots (BIG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Q2 profit surged on lower expenses (full story).

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