All 28 of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average components that were active in premarket trade Monday were trading higher, with 21 of those stock up at least 1%. Dow futures were recently up 234 points, or 1.3%. The most active Dow stock ahead of the open was Apple Inc. , which gained 1.2%. The stock had lost 8% in the past eight sessions to close Friday an 8-week low. Among other more active Dow stocks, shares of Microsoft Corp. gained 1.3%, Coca-Cola Co. rose 1%, General Electric Co. tacked on 1.4%, Intel Corp. advanced 1.6% and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. added 1.7%. The Dow closed Friday at a 3-month low, after falling 4% from its Aug. 15 record close of 18,636.05.
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