As government bond yields fell to two-week lows, rate-sensitive growth and technology stocks gained, with Apple Inc AAPL.O adding 0.8% and Microsoft Corp MSFT.O 0.9%. Trading has remained volatile after a bruising selloff last week sparked by concerns that aggressive interest rate hikes to tame stubborn inflation could hurt economic growth and corporate profits. Sectors considered as safer bets in equities such as healthcare .SPXHC, consumer staples .SPLRCS, real estate .SPLRCR and utilities .SPLRCU gained more than 1%, while energy stocks .SPNY slid 4.7% as crude prices fell $1 a barrel.