Banks, Technology Lead Early Gains For Us Stocks; Oil Falls

By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer, Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Business
Fri, 10/20/2017 - 8:12am

U.S. stocks were up slightly in early trading Friday as investors cheered a crop of strong company earnings. Technology companies posted some of the biggest gains. A jump in bond yields also helped lift bank shares. Consumer products companies lagged the most. Energy stocks declined following a slide in crude oil prices. KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 9 points, or 0.4 percent, to 2,571 as of 10:18 a.m.

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