Stocks are opening broadly higher on Wall Street, putting the market on track for a big weekly gain following four straight weeks of losses.
Technology companies and banks did the most to lift major indexes in the early going on Friday. Intel rose 1.5% and Citigroup added 1%
Campbell Soup jumped 6.9% and Big Lots soared 12.1%. Both companies reported quarterly profits that easily beat analysts' forecasts.U.S. markets will be closed Monday for Labor Day.The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 140, or 0.5%, to 26,502. The Nasdaq climbed 34, or 0.4%, to 8,006.
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