Markets Right Now: Stocks end a rocky quarter with a bang
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
4 p.m.
Stocks are closing out a volatile quarter with another surge in technology companies, which have been on a roller-coaster ride this week.
The gains Thursday weren't enough to erase the market's first quarterly loss since 2015. After years of slow-and-steady growth, the market plunged in early February, marking its first 10 percent drop in two years.
Facebook jumped 4.4 percent, clawing back some of the ground it's lost recently amid a widening privacy scandal.
Banks and retailers also rose.
The S&P 500 rose 35 points, or 1.4 percent, to 2,640.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 254 points, or 1.1 percent, to 24,103.