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Technology and communications companies led stocks broadly higher on Wall Street Monday afternoon as cautious optimism about the potential for progress in the costly trade war between the U.S. and China put investors in a buying mood.

The gains reversed some of the indexes' hefty losses from last Friday, when jitters over another escalation in the trade dispute roiled the market, contributing to its fourth straight weekly loss.