U.S. stocks opened marginally higher on Monday with the main indexes trading near record levels as investors returned from the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Retailers were in focus amid Cyber Monday shopping. The S&P 500 opened nearly unchanged at 2,602. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was flat at 23,556. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index was little changed at to 6,886. Among the best performers on Wall Street were retailers. Shares of Gap Inc. jumped 2.6%, while Macy’s Inc and Target Corp rose about 1%.
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