By Gavin Adamson

(March 31 – 17:30 ET) – North American tech stocks crept back up today, though not nearly as far as they dropped yesterday.

The TSE 300’s twin towers, BCE and Nortel Networks, led the way back up. BCE gained C$2.05 to $181, and Nortel climbed $3.10 to $182. JDS Uniphase swept back another $3 to $173, and Research in Motion recovered some of yesterday’s $15 loss, gaining back almost $9, to close at $152.

Some of the financial services stocks showed up on the downside column. The Royal Bank dropped C$2.40 to $68, and TD slipped by 90 cents to $38.40.

Overall, the 300 index closed 70 points higher, to 9,463.66.

CDNX’s tech stocks rallied as well, swelling by 5.4%. USA Video jumped by 54% to C$6.10 and Nuvo Network Management bounced back with a 23% gain, to $2.20. The CDNX index traded 132.24 points higher, to 4,312.24.

The Dow edged down another 58.33 to 10,921.92, while the S&P gained more than 10 points. But the big story of the day was Nasdaq’s recovery. Although internet issues like Yahoo! and AOL remained flat, the network and chip companies like Intel and Sun Microsystems fought back upwards. Nasdaq advancers beat out losers 23 to 20, and the index traded 115 points higher, to 4,572.88.