** Chip company Qualcomm's QCOM.O shares gain 3.1% to $133.33 premarket
** QCOM announces a new $20.0 billion stock repurchase plan with no expiration date
** Says its board has approved an increase in the quarterly cash dividend to $0.92 from $0.89 per share
** The new stock repurchase authorization is in addition to the QCOM's stock repurchase program announced in November 2024, which has about $2.1 billion of repurchase authority remaining
** As of last close, stock down ~24% this year
(Reporting by Jaspreet Singh in Bengaluru)
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