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US stocks opened little changed on Monday as investors prepared for big banks to kick off the first-quarter earnings season later in the week.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 13.73 points, or 0.07 per cent, at 20,669.83, the S&P 500 was up 1.52 points, or 0.064529 per cent, at 2,357.06 and the Nasdaq Composite was up 6.04 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 5,883.86.