: Stocks head higher in final hour of trading, with Dow and Nasdaq adding to last week’s gains

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All three major stock indexes headed higher in Monday’s final hour of trading, led by a 0.9% gain in the Nasdaq Composite. The Nasdaq and the Dow, which was up 0.3%, added to gains seen last Friday, when they finished with their best weekly performance since March. The S&P advanced 0.4%, adding to its best weekly performance since mid-June, as investors largely looked ahead to a busy earnings-reporting period and brushed aside China’s soft economic-growth data.

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