With the stock market's surge on Thursday to fresh records, something extra has been taking hold of equities in the wake of the Federal Reserve's big rate cut. The "Magnificent Seven" mega-cap technology stocks,

Stocks were choppy in the lead-up to today's Federal Reserve policy announcement. While the main indexes made a confident move higher after the central bank cut rates by a half-percentage point, a late-day burst of selling pressure sent them into the red at the close.