https://apnews.com/be359f4238a94a2095fd680c7b122b58 > Technology and communications companies pushed stocks higher on Wall Street in early trading Thursday, extending the market's gains from the day before. > The early buying briefly nudged the Dow Jones Industrial Average above the 27,000 point mark for the first time, a day after the S&P 500 made its first move above 3,000.