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Last Updated : May 08 2015 | 1:48 AM IST

(Reuters) - U.S. stocks moved higher on Thursday afternoon, helped by a jump in technology stocks and a reversal in surging global interest rates.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 82.12 points, or 0.46 percent, to 17,924.1, the S&P 500 gained 7.85 points, or 0.38 percent, to 2,088 and the Nasdaq Composite added 25.90 points, or 0.53 percent, to 4,945.54.

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(Reporting By Sinead Carew; Editing by Nick Zieminski)

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First Published: May 08 2015 | 1:38 AM IST

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