Stocks post minor gains as S&P 500, Nasdaq log back-to-back record finishes

Stocks ended with small gains Monday, as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite moved further into record territory at the start of a week that features a meeting of Federal Reserve policy makers and a busy economic calendar, as well as a continued deluge of corporate earnings. The S&P 500 SPX, +0.11% rose around 3 points, or 0.1%, to close near 2,943, according to preliminary figures, while the Nasdaq COMP, +0.19% gained around 15 points, or 0.2%, to end near 8,162.

See Full Story S&P 500 and Nasdaq ride slight gains to first back-to-back records since August The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq post fresh all-time highs Monday as Wall Street kicks off one of the busier periods of quarterly earnings season, and as investors await a policy update from the Federal Reserve.

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