shares of qualcomm inc qcom gained 04 in premarket trading wednesday a day after closing at a sevenweek low after the semiconductor maker raised its quarterly dividend by 67 to 80 cents a share from 75 cents a share the new dividend will be effective for dividends payable after march 23 based on tuesday’s stock closing price of 11919 the new annual dividend rate implies a dividend yield of 268 which compares with the yield for the technology select sector spdr exchangetraded fund of 093 and the implied yield for the sp 500 of 171 qualcomm’s stock has slipped 21 over the past three months through tuesday while the technology sector etf has rallied 56 and the sp 500 has ticked up 06