By DAMIAN J. TROISE, AP Business Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose in morning trading on Wall Street Friday, keeping the market on track for its third weekly gain in the last four.

The S&P 500 was up 0.7% and sitting just below its record. The benchmark index is on track to wipe out its losses from a slide last week.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 212 points, or 0.5%, as of 10:44 a.m. Eastern. The Nasdaq added 0.8% to the all-time high it set a day earlier.

Technology companies, with their hefty stock values, were doing much of the heavy lifting for the market. Nvidia rose 0.9% and Microsoft rose 0.2%.

Gilead Sciences jumped 8.8% for one of the biggest gains. It reported financial results that easily beat analysts’ forecasts, while also raising its earnings forecast for the ye

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