Wall Street rises on strong Chinese data, Hong Kong and Brexit news


The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 237.45 points, or 0.91%, to 26,355.47, the S&P 500 gained 31.51 points, or 1.08%, to 2,937.78, and the Nasdaq Composite added 102.72 points, or 1.3%, to 7,976.88. Technology stocks provided the biggest boost of the S&P's 11 major sectors with a 1.7% gain

New York: Wall Street's main indexes rebounded on Wednesday, after robust economic data from China, easing tensions in Hong Kong and British lawmakers' approval of a law to delay Brexit provided relief to investors worried about global growth.

Lawmakers in Britain's lower house of Parliament voted late in the day to approve legislation designed to prevent Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government from taking the country out of the European Union without a deal.

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