The U.S. stock market closed sharply higher Tuesday, with the S&P 500 bouncing from its worst week since March 2020 as investors bought the dip amid concerns of an economic slowdown. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped around 643 points to close more than 2% higher, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite each gained around 2.5%, according to preliminary FactSet data. Economic data released Tuesday showed that existing home sales in the U.S. fell 3.4% in May, a fourth straight month of declines amid rising mortgage rates.
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