Stock Market Today: Wall Street Tacks a Bit More to Its Big Run for the First Half of the Year

Stock Market Today: Wall Street Tacks a Bit More to Its Big Run for the First Half of the Year
A trader stands outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Sept. 23, 2022. Mary Altaffer/AP Photo
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NEW YORK—Stocks edged higher in a shortened trading day Monday as momentum slowed on Wall Street following its powerful rally through the first half of the year.

The S&P 500 rose 5.21 points, or 0.1 percent, to 4,455.59 and reached its highest level since April 2022. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 10.87, or less than 0.1 percent, to 34,418.47, and the Nasdaq composite added 28.85, or 0.2 percent, to 13,816.77.