The Associated Press

Stocks closed slightly higher Monday as investors turned their focus to corporate news and as tensions eased in Ukraine.

On Monday:

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 16.05 points, or 0.1 percent, to 16,569.98.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 5.33 points, or 0.3 percent, to 1,936.92.

The Nasdaq composite rose 30.43 points, or 0.7 percent, to 4,401.33.

For the year:

The Dow is down 6.68 points, less than 0.1 percent.

The S&P 500 index is up 88.56 points, or 4.8 percent.

The Nasdaq is up 224.74 points, or 5.4 percent.

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