Stocks close up after Senate moves to end shutdown

Stocks closed markedly higher on Monday after the Senate voted hours earlier to advance a potential deal on the government shutdown, which has weighed on economic output and cast uncertainty over markets for well over a month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 380 points, or 0.8%, while the S & P 500 climbed 1.5%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq increased 2.2%. Lawmakers in a rare Sunday session cleared a key hurdle toward potentially reopening the government by advancing a short-term funding bill by a razor-thin vote of 60-40, just meeting the threshold for it to pass. Stocks rebounded on Monday after major indices registered a loss over the previous week, a rare blemish that hadn't happened in four weeks prior. The economy has shown some signs of strain during the shutdown. A report on Fr