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U.S. Stocks Rise, Building on Recent Gains

Investors looking ahead to jobs report for another read on labor market. ‘It’s the calm before the storm.’

U.S. stocks edged higher Monday, extending recent gains while investors awaited remarks by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday and labor-market data at the end of the week.

The S&P 500 rose 0.7% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 127 points, or 0.4%. The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.9%.

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