Stocks shook off a shaky start and closed higher Monday, extending their gains from last week, as investors geared up for a heavy week of earnings from big technology companies.
The S&P 500 rose 1.2 percent, with technology, health care and financial stocks accounting for a big share of the gains. Only materials and real estate sector stocks fell.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.3 percent and the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite closed 0.9 percent higher.
Google’s parent company, along with Facebook’s parent, Amazon, and Apple are all reporting their latest financial results this week. They are among the priciest stocks in the benchmark S&P 500 and their earnings this week could mean big moves, up or down, for the broader market….