Stock Indexes Move Mostly Higher as Apple Hits $1 Trillion

Stock Indexes Move Mostly Higher as Apple Hits $1 Trillion
Traders Sean Russell (L) and Michael Capolino confer as they work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 2, 2018. AP Photo/Richard Drew
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NEW YORK—U.S. stocks shook off an early stumble and climbed Thursday, led by gains in technology companies as Apple reached $1 trillion in value. Consumer products and health care companies rose as second-quarter results from corporate America continued to surpass investors’ expectations.

Overseas markets fell after the White House said it will consider even higher tariffs on Chinese imports, escalating a trade conflict between the world’s two biggest economic powers.