US stocks move higher as tech companies regain some ground
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are mixed Tuesday morning as technology and industrial companies bounce back from sharp losses the day before. Apple, Microsoft and Facebook are all up about 1 percent, while General Electric is jumping after it said it will shed its health care business and its majority stake in oil services company Baker Hughes over the next few years. Banks and other financial companies are down.
KEEPING SCORE: The S&P 500 index gained 7 points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,724 as of 10:05 a.m. Eastern time. It fell 1.4 percent Monday, its worst loss since early April. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 52 points, or 0.2 percent, to 24,304. The Nasdaq composite jumped 35 points, or 0.5 percent, to 7,567 after it plunged 2.1 percent a day ago. The Russell 2000 index picked up 1 point, or 0.1 percent, to 1,659.