Energy, banks lead Wall St recovery after punishing week
Wall Street staged a comeback on Friday, led by a rebound in beaten-down financial and energy stocks after five straight days of a grueling rout on fears over the health of the global economy and the banking sector. Nine of the 10 major S&P sectors were higher, led by a 2.4 percent rise in the financial sector. Six of the top ten gainers on the S&P 500 were from the financial sector, which is down 15 percent this year.
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