Peloton Interactive : Stay-at-home stocks soar as Wall Street rebounds

Speculative stocks that stand to benefit from social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic soared on Tuesday, lifted by a broad rebound market following Wall Street's worst day in three decades.

Slack Technologies, Peloton Interactive, Roku and SmileDirectClub - all of which are unprofitable - were among the stock market's strongest gainers.

With people across the United States told to work from home and avoid large social gatherings to slow the spread of COVID-19, office messaging app seller Slack jumped 18%, while stationary exercise bike company Peloton jumped 19%.

Video streaming service Roku rallied nearly 10%, while SmileDirectClub, which sells orthodontic braces online, surged 24%.

Slack, Peloton and SmileDirectClub were among a wave of unprofitable companies that held highly anticipated stock listings in 2019, and their shares have been volatile since then.

Broadly, the S&P 500 soared 5.1%, rebounding from Monday's 12% loss, which was the worst one-day decline since 1987.

(Reporting by Noel Randewich; Editing by Alistair Bell)

By Noel Randewich

Stocks treated in this article : NASDAQ Comp., DJ Industrial, NASDAQ 100, S&P 500, Roku, Inc., SmileDirectClub, Inc., Peloton Interactive, Inc.