https://apnews.com/559ce7ff6f06b739214d80b811bafffc

Stocks edged higher in morning trading on Wall Street as technology companies and banks made solid gains.

The S&P 500 rose 0.5% as of 10:15 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 170 points, or 0.5%, to 34,916 and the Nasdaq rose 0.6%.