These 2 Surprising Stocks Led Markets Higher Thursday

The eyes of market participants have been focused on Jackson Hole, Wyoming, as investors prepare to hear what Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says about the current state of the economy and the monetary policy that the central bank intends to pursue.

Earlier in the week, concerns about what that speech could bring sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) lower. But major market indexes rebounded by 1% to 2% on Thursday as those fears eased.

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