Wall Street lifted by tech shares, heavyweight Boeing pares losses

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The S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures eked out gains on Monday as investors took a cautious stance after a weak U.S. jobs report raised questions of ...

REUTERS: U.S. stocks rose after five straight sessions of declines on Monday boosted by technology stocks, however a fall in the shares of the world's largest planemaker after a second deadly crash in just five months capped gains on the blue-chip Dow.

"The markets have been really strong this year and people are expecting that to continue throughout 2019." Apple Inc rose 3.1 percent and was the biggest boost to the benchmark S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes after Bank of America Merrill Lynch upgraded the iPhone maker's shares to"buy" from"neutral". The energy sector jumped 1.4 percent after crude prices rose as Saudi stood by OPEC-led supply cuts and a report showed a fall in U.S. drilling activity.In other news, President Donald Trump will ask lawmakers to hike spending for the military and the wall he wants to build on the U.S.-Mexico border and slash other programs in his 2020 budget.

 

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