Stocks gained slightly on Monday as Wall Street tried to build on last week’s gain and the S&P 500 attempted to break its Feb. 19 record high, CNBC reports. The S&P 500 traded 0.3 percent higher and the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced by 31 points, or 0.1 percent.The Nasdaq Composite outperformed, rising by 0.6 percent. Shares of Facebook, Amazon, Apple Alphabet and Microsoft all climbed at least by 0.5 percent to least the Nasdaq higher.

Source: The Standard August 17, 2020 13:41 UTC