core microprocessor. The U.S. dollar fell versus the euro but rose versus the yen. Light sweet crude oil for April delivery rose $2.60 to $102.23 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold futures rose $6.50 to $1,437.70 an ounce. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 8.78, or 0.1 percent, to 12,066.80, with Caterpillar and 3M posting the biggest gains. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 2.11, or 0.2 percent, to 1,308.44. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 10.66, or 0.4 percent, to 2,718.07. Yahoo was a big gainer on the index, with the stock posting a 3.3 percent increase, even as reports surfaced that the online portal company is in talks to sell its 30 percent stake in its Yahoo Japan venture.
