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Stocks Close Higher After Wild Session

After a wild session on Wednesday, stocks closed sharply higher as Wall Street erased massive losses earlier that came after China’s announcement of new tariffs on U.S. goods sparked fears of a trade war, CNBC reported.The Dow Jones industrial average closed 230.94 points higher at 24,264.30, rallying more than 700 points from its session low. Microsoft and IBM were the best-performing stocks in the index. Stories of How MLK Changed Lives at Key Moments The S&P 500 erased a 1.6 percent decline to finish the session 1.2 percent higher at 2,644.69, led by gains in consumer stocks. The broad index also closed back above its 200-day moving average, a key technical level. The Nasdaq composite closed 1.5 percent higher at 7,042.11 after plunging as much as 1.9 percent.Photo Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images, File
Source: NBC San Diego

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