U.S. stocks rose on Monday, helped by bank, industrial and energy shares, as investors looked ahead to a strong quarterly earnings season.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 320.22 points, or 1.31 percent, to 24,776.7, the S&P 500 gained 24.37 points, or 0.88 percent, to 2,784.19 and the Nasdaq Composite added 67.81 points, or 0.88 percent, to 7,756.20. (Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch Editing by James Dalgleish)