Tech stocks boost Nasdaq as recovery optimism prevails

A rally in tech shares drove the Nasdaq index higher on Thursday, with U.S. weekly jobless claims dipping below 2 million for the first time since mid-March bolstering economic recovery optimism from the COVID-19 shutdown-driven slump.
Reuters:The NYSE FANG+ Index, which includes Facebook Inc, Apple, Amazon.com Inc, Netflix and Alphabet Inc, hit an intraday record high in morning trading.
Wall Street’s main indexes have recovered sharply from their March lows and the tech-heavy Nasdaq inde