Stocks closed higher on Monday as another batch of earnings reports flowed through the news cycle, and data from used-home sales came in shy of expectations. The Standard & Poor’s 500

Construction Spending was down 0.6% in August the largest drop since July 2011. ISM Manufacturing index came in at 51.5 in September, which was better than expected. The Dow Jones Industrial

The Conference Board reported that Leading Indicators rose 0.7% in February. Gold declined from $1656.6 the Troy ounce to $1625.0 staying below its 200-day simple moving averages at $1681.3 for

The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded down to 12,782.57 then traded above 12,900 going into the final hour of trading, which was above its May 2nd 2011 high at 12,876.00. The NASDAQ opened below