Tech shares rallied on the first day of trading in 2018 Tuesday with shares of chipmakers and software publishers leading the charge. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index rose 1.3%, outpacing the 0.6% gain on the S&P 500 Index and the 0.2% rise in the Dow Jones Industrial Average . The PHLX Semiconductor Index rallied 2.1%, led by a 6.4% jump in shares of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and a 4.8% surge in Micron Technology Inc. shares. Other chipmakers with notable gains were Nvidia Corp. , up 2.1%, Broadcom Ltd. , up 3.3%, and Teradyne Inc. , up 5.1%. Notable software gains included Electronic Arts Inc. , up 4%, Symantec Corp. , up 2.7%, and Salesforce.com Inc. , up 2.2%. Other big tech movers included Netflix Inc. , up 5%, and Alibaba Group Holding Inc. , up 5.8%, while shares of Facebook Inc. rose 2.7%, and shares of Alphabet Inc. and Apple Inc. were up nearly 2%.
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