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US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Disney, Hasbro lift Wall St as earnings heat up

Reuters - UK Focus

NEW YORK, April 18 (Reuters) - The Dow Jones industrial average climbed to a nine-month high on Monday, as Hasbro (NasdaqGS: HAS - news) 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 rose 104.98 points, or 0.59 percent, to 18,002.44, the S&P 500 gained 13.62 points, or 0.65 percent, to 2,094.35 and the Nasdaq Composite added 21.80 points, or 0.44 percent, to 4,960.02. (Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Meredith Mazzilli)