New York — Stock markets around the world bounced back on Thursday, with US gains led by merger activity and earnings optimism that offset concerns over an escalating US trade battle with China that had weighed on markets a day earlier.Metals also rebounded, with bargain-hunting investors scrambling to buy, while oil prices struggled to hold on after clawing back big losses.Stocks on Wall Street got a boost from technology and industrial shares. CA Technologies jumped 18.1% after chip maker Broadcom announced a surprise $18.9bn deal to buy the US business software company.There was also some relief for markets as US President Donald Trump came out of a meeting of the Nato military alliance in Belgium with a positive assessment, after a string of earlier barbs. "We had a fantastic meeting at the end," Trump told reporters. "Very unified, very strong, no problem."The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 165.53 points, or 0.67%, to 24,865.98; the S&P 500 gained 14.62 points, or 0.53%, to ...
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