Investors seem to be mostly braving their fears over the second wave of coronavirus infections on the latest updates from the technological sector. With support from the major tech players, the Nasdaq Composite index rose to a fresh record on Jun 23.

Gaining for eight straight days (longest streak since December 2019) and marking the second straight all-time closing high, the tech-heavy index rose 0.7% in yesterday’s trading session along with Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.5% and S&P 500’s 0.4% increase. In the ETF arena, major Nasdaq ETF like Invesco QQQ (QQQ) hit a 52-week high in yesterday’s trading session. Meanwhile, popular technology ETFs like iShares U.S. Technology ETF (IYW) and Vanguard Information Technology ETF (VGT) soared to their 52-week high level.

Tech giant Apple AAPL led the rally with 2.1% gain to its all-time high level. It was the sixth time in June that the stock closed at