What Happened in the Stock Market Today

Stocks started the holiday week on a positive note, with both the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) rising on a generally quiet day of trading.

Data source: Yahoo! Finance.

Financial stocks benefited from rising interest rates today. The SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (NYSEMKT: KRE) closed up 0.9%. 

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Source: Fool.com