Stocks open higher, attempting bounce after last week’s decline

Stocks opened higher Monday, with major benchmarks attempting to bounce after a Friday selloff that dragged them to weekly losses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 162 points, or 0.5%, while the S&P 500 gained 0.9% and the Nasdaq Composite jumped 1.5%.

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