Stocks finish with another round of records as investors await tech earnings

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Stocks finished slightly higher Monday, with major indexes building on Friday's round of record finishes as investors awaited earnings reports this week from major tech companies and a meeting of Federal Reserve officials. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.24% rose around 83 points, or 0.2%, to close near 35,144, according to preliminary figures, while the S&P 500 SPX, +0.24% gained around 11 points, or 0.2%, to finish near 4,422. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0.03% edged up by around 4 points, or less than 0.1%, to close near 14,841.

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