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Wall St rises as investors buy beaten-down chipmakers, tech stocks

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Wall Street's main indexes rose on Thursday, as investors bought beaten-down chipmakers and megacap technology shares while grappling with the fallout of Ukraine war as the United States and Britain further tightened sanctions on Russia. Ten of the 11 major S&P sectors advanced, with technology , communication services and gaining more than 1%.

"A lot of that is when bargain hunters come out to start to buy the dip, they start looking for the sectors that have been the most beat up," said Arthur Hogan, chief market strategist at National Holdings Corp.
 
Tech titans Microsoft Corp, Apple Inc, Alphabet Inc,

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