Dow rises: Stock market closes higher, led by gains in Apple and other big tech companies.
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The stock market closed broadly higher on Thursday, led by gains in Apple and other big technology companies.
Apple rose 3.7 percent. The company has made several product announcements this week and has an event scheduled next Monday where presumably more announcements will be made.
Chipmakers also rose. Micron Technology jumped 9.2 percent.
Levi Strauss soared 32 percent as the storied jeans maker went public for the second time.
Biogen plunged 29 percent after the drugmaker halted a trial of an Alzheimer’s treatment.
The S&P 500 index rose 30 points, or 1.1 percent, to 2,854.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 216 points, or 0.8 percent, to 25,962. The Nasdaq rose 109 points, or 1.4 percent, to 7,838.