Briguy's Breaking Briefs (DTR1, 4:30pm ET)
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Stocks extended their record-setting rally into Monday, as investors continued to digest upbeat economic data and improving corporate profits.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average recently rose 27 points, or 0.2%, to 17601, marking its fifth-straight session of gains. Earlier in the day, the blue-chip index leapt to an intraday record of 17618.46, reversing a modest loss at the open. The S&P 500 also notched an intraday high, recently advancing five points, or 0.2%, to 2037, in its fourth day of gains.
The Nasdaq Composite Index added 13 points, or 0.3%, to 4646.
Traders reported a quiet session with restrained buying following Friday's jobs report, which showed that U.S. employers added jobs at a moderate pace for another month in October. The report lifted the Dow Industrials and the S&P 500 to record closes. For the year, the Dow has notched 22 records and the S&P has ended at 38 closing highs, gains that investors widely attribute to the Federal Reserve's easy-money policies and a slow but steadily improving economy.
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