Wall Street, led by Big Tech, rallies ahead of the Christmas holiday
LA TimesLights marking the entrance to a subway station frame the exterior of the New York Stock Exchange. While Big Tech companies, including Apple, Amazon and chip company Broadcom helped push the market higher, the gains were widespread. Elsewhere in the market, U.S. Steel rose 1.9% a day after an influential government panel failed to reach consensus on the possible national security risks of a nearly $15-billion proposed sale to Nippon Steel of Japan. Tuesday’s U.S. market rally comes as the stock market enters what’s historically been a very cheerful season. So far this month, the U.S. stock market has lost some of its gains since President-elect Donald Trump’s election day win, which raised hopes for faster economic growth and more lax regulations that would boost corporate profits.