Stocks rise on tech strength; oil bounces back from rout

NEW YORK (Reuters) - World stock markets climbed on Wednesday, with earnings and gains in tech stocks lifting shares on Wall Street, and oil rebounded from a steep sell-off as U.S. government data pointed to strong demand.The recovery in U.S. tech and other momentum stocks boosted the benchmark S&P 500 stock index after it fell 3.5 percent over the previous two sessions. Shares of Amazon.com Inc , Alphabet Inc and Facebook Inc rose more than 2 percent, while shares of Apple Inc edged up 0.6..