New York: Wall Street advanced on Monday as investors girded for a busy earnings week while turning a hopeful eye toward several U.S.
states that are relaxing shutdown restrictions put in place to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. All three major U.S.
stock averages gained more than 1%, having clawed back much of the ground lost since the coronavirus crisis brought the economy to a grinding halt.
The indexes are all now within 20% of their record closing highs reached in February, with the benchmark S&P 500 on track for its best month since 1987, after trillions of stimulus dollars helped U.S.