Stocks open higher after string of down days

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The stock market is inching higher in early trading following three days of declines.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index is up three points, or 0.2 percent, to 1,933 shortly after the U.S. market opened Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average is higher by 17 points, or 0.1 percent, to 16,752. The Nasdaq is rising 14 points, or 0.4 percent, to 4,312.

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