Big cap tech shares lead market higher
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U.S. stocks extended gains on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both up more than 1 percent, as investors hunted for bargains among large cap technology shares.
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Stocks rose on Friday amid heavy  trading on the first day of the quarter as PeopleSoft Inc.  PSFT.O and chip-related stocks boosted the tech-heavy Nasdaq  to its highest level in more than two months.
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U.S. stocks rebounded on Wednesday, with the S&P and Nasdaq rising more than 2 percent, led by technology companies as investors snapped up beaten down shares, while the energy sector benefited from a surge in oil prices.
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Cisco Systems Inc.'s  strong  quarterly results and upbeat outlook pushed up tech shares on  Wednesday, cheering investors who had beaten down the sector  after weak results from other tech heavyweights.
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Utilities and technology stocks drove European equity markets higher on Thursday as cash returns and stakebuilding lifted the speculative appeal of both sectors.
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US stocks ended higher on Wednesday as internet and semiconductor stocks led advances in technology shares and crude oil retreated from record high prices.
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U.S. stocks climbed on Thursday, led by technology shares, which gained on a bet that business spending will support the sector's profits even as the housing slump hampers growth in other parts of the economy.
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U.S. stocks rose on Thursday, helped  by technology shares Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O, which touched a  2 1/2 year high, and Intel Corp. INTC.O as well as a  resumption of falling oil prices.
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NEW YORK - Investors sent stocks sharply higher Friday as new economic data showed strength in manufacturing and construction, and Wall Street greeted the departure of PeopleSoft Inc.'s chief executive by buying up technology shares. The Dow Jones industrials gained 100 points in morning trading...
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Stocks climbed on Friday, with gains  on all three major indexes topping 1 percent, as strong results  from Research in Motion lifted the technology sector while a  report of another overseas investment in a U.S. investment bank  boosted financial stocks.
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U.S. stocks rose on Monday as demand   for technology shares such as Apple Computer Inc. AAPL.O and   for semiconductor shares helped lift the Nasdaq more than 1   percent.
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U.S. stocks edged higher on Monday as   gains in technology shares such as Apple Computer Inc. AAPL.O   outweighed a sell-off in shares of energy and metals companies   following a pullback in commodity prices.
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U.S. technology stocks made strong  gains on Thursday, led by a rise in semiconductor shares, but  blue-chips were knocked lower by a fall in industrial  bellwether Caterpillar Inc.CAT.N.
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Stocks rose on Tuesday as bargain hunting in beaten-down shares of large technology companies, including IBM  and Microsoft Corp , helped offset a drag from financial stocks such as Goldman Sachs  on worries about credit markets.
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US stocks rose, led by technology shares after Dell Inc.&#39;s chief executive officer said demand at the world&#39;s No. 1 personal-computer maker is ``healthy.
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US blue chips rose on Thursday, led by tobacco stocks, while technology share were under pressure by a warning from Applied Materials Inc.
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The latest monthly data has carriers' shares lifting higher.