* European leaders, banks strike deal on Greek debt* Hedge funds, tactical investors rush into stocks* Indexes up: Dow 2.6 pct, S&P 2.9 pct, Nasdaq 2.9 pctBy Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Oct 27 (Reuters) ...

By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - Dow Chemical Co (DOW.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) posted a double-digit jump in quarterly revenue, helping to push shares sharply higher, though cost increases ...

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* European leaders, banks strike deal on Greek debt* Hedge funds, tactical investors rush into stocks* Indexes up: Dow 2.1 pct, S&P 2.2 pct, Nasdaq 1.9 pctBy Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Oct 27 (Reuters) ...

While the S&P 500 may yet rally, for the time being stocks are overbought in the short to intermediate terms and a pullback is likely.

In comparison to broader indices and peers, these stocks gained on strong fundamentals.

Technology stocks rise joining a broad market rally on upbeat news from Europe. Shares of Akamai and Citrix highlight the sector's gains.

Bank stocks led a relief rally on Wall Street, as US investors cheered Europe's deal on sovereign debt and strong US growth data.

Dow Chemical Co. shares rallied 6% to $28.42 early Thursday, joining in the broader-market surge after the chemicals giant reported double-digit gains in profit and sales in the third quarter.

Here's a look at how some of the biggest names on Wall Street are trading technically.

Stocks jumped sharply Thursday as investors cheered the euro zone's outline of a plan to solve the region's sovereign debt crisis and following a handful of encouraging economic and earnings reports.

MarketWatch's daily rundown of shares making sizable moves in the U.S. stock market.

* European leaders, banks strike deal on Greek debt* Hedge funds, tactical investors rush into stocks* Indexes up: Dow 2 pct, S&P and Nasdaq 2.4 pctBy Angela Moon NEW YORK, Oct 27 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ...

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Retail stocks rose on Thursday after consumer spending helped lead to the third-quarter gross domestic product to nearly double the pace of the second-quarter rate. Trading in opposite to the sector moves, Avon Products Inc. tumbled 18% after its third-quarter profit fell short of analysts' estimates and the company said it's no longer confident about meeting its targeted sales and operating margin goal for the year.

U.S. stocks chalked up healthy gains at Thursday's start, adding to the prior day's surge, as Wall Street echoed global markets in cheering Europe's accord to expand a rescue fund to curb the region's debt crisis.

Energy stocks moved sharply higher Thursday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average vaulted 260 points. The NYSE Arca Oil Index rose 3.8%. The NYSE Arca Natural Gas Index jumped 4%. The Philadelphia Oil Service Index gained 4.9%.

NEW YORK, Oct 27 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks jumped more than 2percent at the open on Thursday after European leaders agreedto boost the region's bailout fund and struck a deal with banksand insurers to ...