US Stock Market Update: Dow jumps over 1,100 pts, Nasdaq 5 pts shy of 17,000 led by tech shares—Amazon, Apple among top blue-chip gainers
US Stock Market Update: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)—one of the two American blue-chip indices—surged 3-4 per cent on Wednesday amid strong buying interest in technology and consumer discretionary stocks, amid hopes of easing trade tensions between the world’s largest two economies. The Dow Jones surged as much as 1,189.1 points, or 3.0 per cent, to…