These 2 Tech Giants Pulled the Nasdaq Back From the Brink Friday

This week has been a brutal one for the stock market broadly, and it's been especially painful for investors in the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC). Many Nasdaq stocks have found themselves at the epicenter of a vicious market rotation away from cutting-edge innovative technology stocks toward older-economy companies, and it looked like the index would suffer more losses early in the trading session. Instead, some of the recent laggards in the Nasdaq were notable gainers on Friday.