Stock market news live updates: Stocks jump to recover some losses, silver prices surge

The S&P 500 gained about 1.6%, after closing out last week with a 3.3% weekly loss for its worst since October. The information technology and consumer discretionary sectors led advances, while energy and consumer staples lagged. The Nasdaq outperformed as tech shares jumped, and the Dow also gained.

Other asset classes performed even more strongly, fueled by a crowd of retail investors piling en masse into names popularized on the Reddit forum r/wallstreetbets. Silver became…

By Yahoo Finance