Investing.com - Stocks were enjoying their best gains in four trading days thanks to gains in Apple (NASDAQ:), Boeing (NYSE:) and small-cap stocks.
The was up 0.4%, with the up 0.45%. The added 0.7% at 2:50 PM ET (18:50 GMT). The index had jumped 1.9% as prices started to attract bargain hunters.
Boeing (NYSE:), the priciest of the stocks, was up 3.4% and added 86 points to the Dow's 131-point gain by itself. Apple (NASDAQ:), up 2.6%, added nearly 39 points to the index on investor excitement in the stock after Tuesday's big new-product presentation in Cupertino, Calif.
were lower. were modestly higher. The yield was at 1.735%, up from Tuesday's 1.702% as interest rates generally were climbing.