The stock markets have clung to hope this past week, recovering from last week’s slump despite heightened geopolitical tension. In this new normal, the boat was barely rocked, despite bunker-busting turbulence, with the Indexes up 0.79%, the Operators up 1.09%, and Vendors up 1.11%. In the Vendors segment, there were 24 positive performances and 6 negative ones. The best was CommScope, up 13.33% after Deutsche Bank upgraded it to a ‘Buy’ rating. In second, and a long way behind, InterDigital was up 4.76% – reaching a historic high. In third, Viavi was up 4.00%, with Arm up 3.19% in fourth, and Cisco up 3.14%. As for negatives, Google was the worst by far – down 6.33%, as the UK’s CMA…