The Dow gained 63 and closed at 7820; the Nasdaq climbed 7 to 1532. On the most-active list, Intel and Dell were winners and Microsoft was a loser. Netscape, too, was notably lower. Overseas: Tokyo's Nikkei lost 3.4 percent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 2.2 percent, London's FTSE was unchanged, and Frankfurt's DAX gained 1 percent.
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The Dow gained 63 and closed at 7820; the Nasdaq climbed 7 to 1532. On the most-active list, Intel and Dell were winners and Microsoft was a loser. Netscape, too, was notably lower. Overseas: Tokyo's Nikkei lost 3.4 percent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 2.2 percent, London's FTSE was unchanged, and Frankfurt's DAX gained 1 percent.