Bank, Technology Stocks Lure In Bargain Hunters

STEPHEN BERNARD

NEW YORK (AP) — Investors put aside jitters about the economy to do a little bargain hunting.

Stocks rose Thursday after three mostly down days as traders bought beaten-down financial and technology stocks. The buying was subdued after a worse-than-expected weekly unemployment report added to concerns that the economic recovery might not come as quickly as hoped.

The market is down sharply this week as investors worry that the optimism that fed a massive spring rally might have been premature. The Standard & Poor's 500 index is still 32 percent above the 12-year low it hit in early March. ...