(Updates to midafternoon, adds analyst comments and market
details)
* Marvell Technology ( MRVL ) set to join S&P 500, shares jump
* Tech shares lead gains following Friday's selloff
* Indexes up: Dow 0.01%, S&P 500 0.6%, Nasdaq 1.3%
By Caroline Valetkevitch and Sruthi Shankar
June 8 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Monday, led by gains
in the Nasdaq and chipmakers as investors sought bargains after
Friday's sharp selloff.
Investors also were relieved by signs of cooling tensions in the
Middle East. Iran and Israel said they had halted attacks on
each other after an appeal from U.S. President Donald Trump that
they immediately "stop shooting."
The attacks over 24 hours were the most direct confrontation
between Iran and Israel since an April ceasefire in the war.
S&P 500 technology led gains among sectors, increasing
1.8%, while the Philadelphia SE Semiconductor Index
advanced 6.2%, rebounding from Friday's losses that wiped out $1
trillion in market value for U.S.-listed chipmakers.
Intel ( INTC ) shares jumped 12% after news website the
Information reported that Alphabet's Google had placed
an order to manufacture more than 3 million tensor processing
units in 2028.
"Today looks like a day where investors are doing a little
bit of bargain hunting off the big tech selloff," said Rick
Meckler, partner at Cherry Lane Investments, a family investment
office in New Vernon, New Jersey. "What normally happens after
that is you get analysts coming in and reiterating buys."
He added: "This market has been priced for quite a while for
perfection, and these are certainly imperfect times. In that
environment, you are going to see some back-and-forth, and some
fear of prices having gone too far."
Stocks sold off late last week after hitting a series of record
highs recently. Underwhelming results from chipmaker Broadcom ( AVGO )
last week had raised concerns that the chip sector was
growing too fast, while much stronger than expected jobs data
for May contributed to Friday's rout, as traders priced in
interest rate increases this year. Broadcom ( AVGO ) shares were up 2.3%
on Monday.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 6.62 points, or
0.01%, to 50,871.37, the S&P 500 rose 47.67 points, or
0.63%, to 7,430.49 and the Nasdaq Composite rose 329.47
points, or 1.27%, to 26,036.94.
Also, Apple ( AAPL ) CEO Tim Cook launched the company's
annual Worldwide Developers Conference by saying the day's
announcements will center on Apple Intelligence and Siri. Apple ( AAPL )
shares were last down 1.4%.
Among other movers, Marvell Technology ( MRVL ) jumped almost
15% with the chipmaker set to join the benchmark S&P 500 before
the start of trading on June 22.
Looking ahead this week, SpaceX's initial public
offering on Friday could also prove a major test for U.S. stock
markets, with investors wary of possible overexuberance.
Eli Lilly ( LLY ) advanced 2.7% after the drugmaker's trial
results showed its next-generation obesity drug, retatrutide,
curbed sleep apnea severity in addition to boosting weight loss
and helping knee pain.
On the Nasdaq, 2,765 stocks rose and 1,908 fell as advancing
issues outnumbered decliners by about a 1.45-to-1 ratio. There
were 127 new highs and 163 new lows.
On the New York Stock Exchange, advancing issues outnumbered
declining ones by a 1.3-to-1 ratio. There were 105 new highs and
126 new lows.