NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow Jones industrial average climbed to a nine-month high on Monday, as Hasbro and Disney shares lifted the consumer discretionary sector while investors braced for a flurry of quarterly earnings reports through the week.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> rose 104.98 points, or 0.59 percent, to 18,002.44, the S&P 500 <.SPX> gained 13.62 points, or 0.65 percent, to 2,094.35 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> added 21.80 points, or 0.44 percent, to 4,960.02.
(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Meredith Mazzilli)
