Wall Street Rises After Upbeat Economic Data, Recovery in Megacaps

Wall Street Rises After Upbeat Economic Data, Recovery in Megacaps
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at Wall Street in New York on May 26, 2020. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images
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U.S. stock indexes rose on Tuesday, as megacap stocks recovered and upbeat capital goods orders data allayed concerns about a slowing U.S. economy in the face of Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest rate hikes.

A Commerce Department report showed orders for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business spending plans, increased 0.7 percent in May, while economists polled by Reuters had forecast orders would remain unchanged.