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By Caitlin Ostroff
Technology shares pulled major U.S. stock indexes higher Wednesday as concern about the potential for a rise in interest rates eased.
The S&P 500 rose 0.4%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.6% after a sharp decline Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.1%, or about 40 points.
Stocks resumed their upward trajectory after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen walked back comments that interest rates might need to rise to keep the economy from overheating.
She clarified after markets closed Tuesday that she was neither predicting nor recommending that the Federal Reserve raise rates. Inflation isn't likely to be a problem, and the Fed can handle it if it does become an issue, she said at The Wall Street Journal's CEO Council Summit.