[Reuters – UK Focus] – Wall Street was set to end the first quarter with a whimper on Thursday after a month-long rally that rescued the S&P 500 from its worst start to a year since 2009. Worries about a troubled global economy caused a steep selloff in stocks in January, before a rebound in plummeting oil prices cleared the way for a 7-percent recovery the S&P through March that has left the index up 1 percent for 2016. “A lot of people are trying to hold the market up here because it’s going to give everyone a break,” said Phil Blancato, head of Ladenburg Thalmann Asset Management in New (KOSDAQ: 160550.KQ – news) York.
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