 Stocks shrugged off a wobbly start to finish solidly higher on Wall Street Monday, as the market clawed back half its losses from last week. The SP 500 rose 1.5 after having been down 0.3. The market rallied after a much healthier-than-expected report on the housing market put investors in a buying mood. Technology, industrial and communications stocks accounted for much of the markets broad gains. European stocks also closed higher. Treasury yields were mixed and oil prices rose. Gains for Boeing and Apple in particular helped to lift Wall Street indexes. Boeing jumped 14.4, its best day in more than two months. The companys troubled 737 Max jet looks set to begin test flights soon. Apple added 2.3 as customers keep buying its products regardless of whether theyre quarantined. The pickup in U.S. stocks after a weekly loss marks the latest choppy move for markets around the world, which have been swinging back and forth in recent weeks as investors balance hope for a relatively quick economic rebound as more businesses reopen against worry as an increase in confirmed new coronavirus cases forces some businesses to close their doors again. Its just another day of normal volatility, its unfortunately what were living with now, said Mark Litzerman, head of global portfolio management at Wells Fargo Investment Institute. It tends to be this tug of war between better economic data coming through versus a rise in cases. The SP 500 gained 44.19 points to 3,053.24. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 580.25 points, or 2.3, to 25,595.80. The Nasdaq composite added 116.93 points, or 1.2, to 9,874.15. Stocks of smaller companies also jumped more than the rest of the market, which often happens when investors are feeling more optimistic about the economy. The Russell 2000 index of... 