57 min ago From the stock market to government debt and the greenback, investors enjoyed gains most of where they looked on Thursday, closing up their holiday-shortened week. The S&P 500 closed 1.1% higher, Dow was up 0.2% while the Nasdaq was up 1.9%. Tech stocks stole the show, just like they have for much of the year. Information Technology was the best performing sector for the day in the moments before the close up nearly 3%, a gain captured by the popular iShares U.S. Technology ETF.