Dow heads for third day of gains ahead of coming inflation, retail-sales data

U.S. stock indexes remained higher in Monday’s final hour of trading, boosted by producers of luxury items and services including Tesla, as investors await inflation and retail sales data later this week to help guide the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate policy.

How stock indexes are trading

All three major stock indexes lost ground last week with Dow industrials off almost 0.8%, while the S&P 500 shed 1.3% and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.9%, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

What’s driving markets

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