TORONTO: JUNE 2, 2015 - Phones are pictured at the Microsoft store in the Eaton Centre in Toronto on Tuesday, June 2. TORONTO: JUNE 2, 2015 - Phones are pictured at the Microsoft store in the Eaton Centre in Toronto on Tuesday, June 2. Oil's plunging, drillers are in free fall, retailers can't find a floor -- so how has the entire U.S. stock market managed to avoid caving in? The reason is technology stocks. Computer and software makers have jumped about 14 per cent in the market's post-Sept.