Stocks open higher to kick off June

Stocks traded higher after the opening bell Wednesday, kicking off June on a positive note after a volatile May that took the S&P 500 to the brink of a bear market but saw the large-cap benchmark end the month virtually in line with where it began. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 238 points, or 0.7%, while the S&P 500 gained 0.8% and the Nasdaq Composite rose 1.2%.

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