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11/11/2020 05:25 PM ET - Growth investors breathed a sigh of relief in the stock market Wednesday as the rotation into financial stocks, airline stocks and oil and gas stocks abated -- at least for a day.

The Nasdaq composite jumped 2%, but there wasn't much conviction behind the buying. After falling 1.4% Tuesday in lower volume, volume fell even more Wednesday. And breadth ... Register to read article »

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