The Nasdaq Composite Index on Tuesday was on track to book its longest streak of gains in more than two years and its first record close in about a month, highlighting a steady climb for the tech-centric benchmark, and a rebound in popular trades like Netflix Inc. . Most recently, the Nasdaq was trading in record territory and on track to mark its longest string of gains, at eight sessions in a row, since the 10-session period ended Feb. 24, 2015, according to the WSJ Market Data Group. The gauge had been wrestling with an extended downturn in technology shares since June 8, when the sector began a monthlong slump amid fears the high-flying group, including names like Facebook Inc. , Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc. , Netflix, and Alphabet-parent Google Inc. , were rising too far, too fast. However, those companies and the tech benchmark has been recently rebounding from its June lows, with a recent batch of second-quarter earnings from Netflix helping to bolster sentiment in those growth names Overall, the Nasdaq Composite was trading up 0.4%, above its all-time closing high of 6,321.76 set June 8, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down about 0.3%, pressured by a slump in shares of Goldman Sachs , while the S&P 500 index was trading flat. The popular tech-focused, exchange-traded Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF also was trending higher and facing its own eight-session streak, as was the PowerShares QQQ Trust Series 1 , which is designed to mimic the performance of the large-cap Nasdaq-100 index .
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