U.S. Stocks Rise as Exxon, Alcoa Offset Chipmaker Slump

June 8 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Deborah Kostroun reports on the performance of the U.S. equity market today. Stocks rose, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 Index up 1.1 percent after it swung between gains and losses at least 13 times, as a rally in commodity markets boosted oil and metals producers and overshadowed losses in semiconductor companies. Bloomberg's Pimm Fox also speaks. (Source: Bloomberg)