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US STOCKS CLOSE
US STOCKS CLOSE: With the focus shifting from rising North Korea-U.S. tensions
to the domestic front and violence and riots in Charlottesville, V.A., risk
appetite returned to financial markets Monday, albeit modestly.
- Accordingly, safe-haven positions were unwound, with gold and yen slipping
from the highs seen in recent sessions.
- U.S. stocks and U.S. Treasury yields edged higher at the start of a new week.
- The S&P 500 closed up 1.00% at 2,465.84. At the close, the index was up 10.1%
year-to date and down 1.0% from the life-time intraday high of 2,490.87, seen
August 8. The S&P 500 bottomed at 2,437.75 August 10, the lowest level since mid
July.
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted a record intraday high of 22,179.11 on
August 8 and the the Nasdaq Composite posted a life-time high of 6,460.841 July
27. The indexes closed Monday up 0.62% at 21,993.71 and up 1.34% at 6,340.23
respectively.

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