Stock market today: Wall Street gains ground and adds to its records

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes closed higher on Wall Street, adding to their all-time highs. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% Monday to build on its record set Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average came back from an early loss to add 0.5% to its own record. The Nasdaq composite climbed 0.9%. The gains followed relatively quiet trading in Europe, while the U.S. bond market remained closed for the day because of a holiday. In China, a highly anticipated update on Saturday from the country’s finance minister left stocks mixed. Crude oil prices slipped on worries about demand from China’s slowing economy.

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