U.S. stocks opened higher Monday, extending last week's bounce as investors look ahead to inflation data that will be released Tuesday morning. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.4% soon after the opening bell, while the S&P 500 gained 0.6% and the Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.5%, according to FactSet data, at last check. A reading on August inflation from the consumer price index is due out Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time. All three major stock benchmarks rose last week, snapping three straight weeks of losses.
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