Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: US stocks rebounded overnight on a sharp drop in oil prices, bringing more holiday cheer to the Tokyo market. Hideyuki Suzuki, strategist at SBI Securities, said that the market tone remained bullish despite the thin trade at the end of the year with many foreign investors absent.

absent