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US stocks open higher, building on gains from the day before
Source: AP
By YURI KAGEYAMA
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are opening slightly higher, building on a big gain from the day before.
Technology stocks had some of the biggest gains early Thursday. Cisco System was up 1 percent.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 70 points, or 0.4 percent, to 18,066 as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index climbed six points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,111. The Nasdaq composite rose 17 points, or 0.3 percent, to 5,093.
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