Stocks edge higher ahead of earnings season; banks in focus

Stocks edged higher in afternoon trading Monday ahead of a wave of earnings reports from big U.S. companies coming out this week.
The S&P 500 index was up 0.2% as of 12:47 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 89 points, or 0.3%, to 34,959…

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