Tech gains help US stocks end a rocky quarter with a bang

Technology companies powered U.S. stocks to solid gains Thursday, snapping the market’s two-day losing streak.

Banks, consumer-focused companies and industrial stocks also helped lift the market. Even so, the broad gains, which came on the last day of trading ahead of the Easter holiday weekend, weren’t enough to make up for the stock market’s first quarterly loss since 2015.

After years of slow-a...