Dow increases on technology shares

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U.S. blue chips edged higher, as benchmark gauges touched their highest levels in five years after lawmakers voted to delay the country's borrowing limit. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surge 0.5%, or 67.12 points, to 13,779.33. Four out of nine groups advanced with technology shares rallying the most by 3%. The best performing blue chip was International Business Machines that rallied 4.4% after earnings outperformed the estimates. Furthermore, Walt Disney surged 2.3% to $53.95 to pace gains in the consumer services shares that were 0.8% higher. Microsoft Corporation also supported technology sector, as it climbed 1.6% to $27.61. Meanwhile, Hewlett-Packard declined 1.4% to $17.01, followed by Cisco Systems Inc. with its shares tumbling as much as 1.2% to $20.62 and capping further increase in telecommunications group as it gained only 0.03%. Yesterday morning the company announced it intends to purchase Intucell, a self-optimizing software provider in Israel. Caterpillar erased 0.9% to $96.85 and dragged down the industrials 0.1%.
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