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US stocks opened flat on Monday as investors took a breather after the Dow and the S&P 500 indexes rose five weeks in a row, while trading volume was likely to be quiet due to the Veterans Day holiday.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 9.63 points or 0.06%, to 15,752.15, the S&P 500 lost 1.72 points or 0.1%, to 1,768.89 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 7.246 points or 0.18%, to 3,911.987.
