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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are rising in early trading Thursday as technology companies like Apple resume their upward march. Software company CA is soaring after chipmaker Broadcom agreed to buy it for $18.9 billion. Health care and industrial companies are also higher.

KEEPING SCORE: The S&P 500 index gained 13 points, or 0.5 percent, to 2,787 as of 10 a.m. Eastern time. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 159 points, or 0.7 percent, to 24,869. The Nasdaq composite advanced 50 points, or 0.7 percent, to 7,767. The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks was unchanged at 1,683.