Stocks tick higher and soybeans surge

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May 14, 2018 9:31 PM

Stocks inched higher Monday after the Supreme Court overturned a sports-betting ban. Soybean prices rallied more than 2% as US-China trade tensions eased. Oil prices were up about 1%.

Stocks inched higher Monday, with the Dow Jones industrial average posting its eighth straight session of gains. The Supreme Court overturned a sports-betting ban. Soybean prices rallied more than 2% as US-China trade tensions eased. O il prices were up about 1%.

Here's the scoreboard:

Dow Jones Industrial Average: 24,899.41 +68.24 (0.27%)

S&P 500:

AUD/USD:

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