US stocks rise as technology and health care firms lead
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rebounding on Wall Street in early trading Monday, led by gains in technology and health care companies and retailers. Ratings company Nielsen Holdings is surging after an activist investor started pushing the company to sell itself.
Asian markets fell overnight, while European markets were slightly lower.
U.S. indexes are coming off their worst losses in a month as investors worried about financial upheaval in Turkey which has sent that' country's currency, the lira, plunging.
On Monday Turkey's central bank announced measures to help that country's banks manage their liquidity, but the Turkish lira and Turkey's stock market continued to slide anyway.