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NEW YORK (AP) — Energy and technology companies are advancing Monday as U.S. stocks continue to rise, and smaller companies are also making gains after the Senate reached a short-term deal to end the government shutdown. High-dividend stocks are also higher as bond yields decline, but industrial companies are falling. Yields had climbed to their highest level in more than three years last week. KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's 500 index picked up 14 points, or 0.5 percent, to 2,825 as of 12:45 p.m. Eastern time after closing at another all-time high on Friday.

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