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Stocks point upward at startU.S. markets in modest gains as investors weigh bank bailout plan, earnings reports.NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- U.S. stocks were just slightly higher at the start of trading Monday as investors considered a new plan to help major banks deal with troubled debt. The Dow Jones industrial average, the Nasdaq composite index and the Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 0.1 percent. Among stocks in the news Monday: Citigroup (Charts, Fortune 500), Mattel (Charts, Fortune 500), Medtronic (Charts, Fortune 500), Tektronix (Charts), Biogen (Charts) and Philips Electronics (Charts). |
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