EghtesadOnline: The rally in technology stocks may have more room to run after the industry overthrew financials as the main driver of emerging market shares last quarter.

EghtesadOnline: Financial stocks took a leg up after news that the Federal Reserve’s toughest watchdog on the industry resigned.

EghtesadOnline: Gains in financial stocks pushed the Dow to a record high and just 20 points short of 20,000, a level it has never touched.

EghtesadOnline: U.S. stocks closed little changed on Monday after rising dramatically the week before and a decline in the technology sector offset a steep rise in financial stocks as investors bet on higher interest rates.

EghtesadOnline: Shares rose in Europe and Asia, lifted by gains in financial stocks , while sterling dipped against the dollar before a Bank of England policy meeting expected to deliver a first cut in interest rates since 2009.

EghtesadOnline: Wall Street was higher in choppy trading on Wednesday as strong jobs data helped financial stocks , while a recovery in oil prices boosted energy shares.