The Dow Jones Industrial Average saw its tentative climb firm somewhat midday Friday, with shares of Apple Inc. buoying the broader market. The Dow DJIA, +0.22% was about 80 points, or 0.3%, at 25,643, the S&P 500 index SPX, +0.04% climbed 0.2% at 2,845. The modest climb for both benchmarks come as the chip sector SOXX, -1.13% is limiting gains for the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -0.28% down 0.1% at 7,798. By dint of its share price, Apple AAPL, +1.47% was contributing nearly 30 points to the price-weighted Dow, while the roughly $1 trillion iPhone maker was also helping to support the market-cap weighted S&P 500. Most recently, Apples shares were up $4.30, or 2%, to $217.58.
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