: U.S. stocks kick off week in the green as midterm elections loom

U.S. stocks opened higher on Monday, putting the main benchmarks on track to erase some of last week’s losses as investors await Tuesday’s midterm elections. The S&P 500 SPX opened 13 points, or 0.4%, higher at 3,784, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA gained 113 points, or 0.4%, to 32,516. The Nasdaq Composite COMP advanced 47 points, or 0.5%, to 10,522. Stocks finished higher on Friday, but the major indexes still booked losses for the week, with the Nasdaq suffering its biggest weekly loss since January.

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