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US stocks opened slightly higher on Monday as investors go into a busy week of heavy economic data culminating in the November jobs report.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 21.68 points, or 0.12%, to 17,820.17, the S&P 500 gained 2.91 points, or 0.14%, to 2,093.02 and the Nasdaq composite added 12.20 points, or 0.24%, to 5,139.73.