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Stocks rise slightly Thursday as Nasdaq bounces following 2-day rout

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Stocks were mixed Thursday as traders tried to recover some ground following a massive tech sell-off in the previous session.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost just 4 points, or less than 0.1%. The S&P 500 added 0.4%, while the Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.4%. The Nasdaq has fallen about 4% over the previous two trading sessions.

Several tech stocks continued their slide, as investors continued rotating out of high valuation names. Tesla and Netflix fell about 1.7% each. Apple and Amazon also fell. Other megacap tech stocks rose, however. Alphabet added about 1%, Meta Platforms gained 4.4%.

“Investors are trying to wrap their heads around what different leadership looks like: we’ve all been conditioned that tech is the winner all day every day and that is just not going to be the case this year,” said Liz Young, head of investment strategy at SoFi. “Finishing out 2021, there were still a lot of investors who were overweight tech. This is a chance to really make sure that your portfolio is set up to not be overly exposed to headwinds” seen by high multiple tech.

Rate-sensitive stocks gained a day after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s December meeting revealed the central bank is getting ready to remove its economic help more more quickly than anticipated. Officials discussed reducing the Fed’s balance sheet in another move to dial back its pandemic-era easy monetary policy.

As investors digested the minutes Thursday, the 10-year Treasury yield pushed above 1.75%, after ending last year at 1.51%.

Shares of Citi rose 3.5%, while Wells Fargo, Fifth Third Bancorp and Regions Financial also saw substantial gains.

Energy shares helped boost the market as crude prices rose 2%. Diamondback Energy climbed about 4%, Devon Energy added 4% and Halliburton gained 2.4%.

The Fed’s plan to reduce the number of Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities it holds comes as it is already tapering its bond purchases and is set to hike interest rates after the taper concludes.

“We may see continued inflation in the first few months of 2022 as it will take time for the Fed’s decisions to become reality,” said Rodrigo Vicuna, chief financial officer at Prime Trust. “It’s the pace of the hikes that most concern investors. If the pace or number of the hikes increases to tame inflation, that could have deeper negative impact on stock prices, especially in rate sensitive stocks such as tech.”

Stocks slid Wednesday following the release of the minutes. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 392.54 points, or 1.07%, lower after hitting an intraday record earlier in the session. The S&P 500 fell 1.94%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq saw its biggest one-day loss since February, losing 3.34%.

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Elsewhere Thursday, shares of Allbirds gained 8.8% after Morgan Stanley upgraded the shoe brand, whose stock has struggled since it went public in November.

Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance reversed earlier gains from a strong earnings report and last traded down about 1%. Meanwhile, Bed Bath & Beyond shares soared more than 8% even after the company reported a loss for its fiscal third quarter.

Initial claims for unemployment insurance ticked up to 207,000 for the week ending Jan.1, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones expected claims would total 195,000.

The data comes a day ahead of the Labor Department’s key nonfarm payrolls report, which is expected to show that the economy added 422,000 jobs in December. However, payroll processing firm ADP reported Wednesday that companies added a much higher-than-expected 807,000 positions for the month, indicating a possible upside surprise to Friday’s count from the department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.

–CNBC’s Jeff Cox contributed to this report.

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