Stock market today: Asian stocks drift after Wall Street closes another winning week
Jacksonville Journal-Courier -

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting around the edge of their record heights on Monday. The S&P 500 was edging up by 0.1% in midday trading and pulling within 0.5% of its record set at the end of March. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 41 points, or 0.1%, as of 11 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.3% higher. Stocks have rallied this month following a rough April on revived hopes that inflation may ease enough to convince the Federal Reserve to cut its main interest...

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