Stocks open slightly higher as investors focus on earnings, tax bill

Wall Street posted small gains Monday as investors shrugged off political turmoil in Germany and returned their focus to U.S. tax legislation and corporate earnings. U.S. trade is expected to thin out ahead of Thursday’s Thanksgiving Day holiday and an abbreviated Friday session. The S&P 500 was up 0.1% at 2,581, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 32 points, or 0.1%, to 23,390. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.1%.

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