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U.S. stocks traded higher toward the end of trading, with the S&P 500 gaining around 0.8% on Monday.

The Dow traded up 0.53% to 43,092.98 while the NASDAQ rose 0.94% to 18,515.33. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.82% to 5,862.96.

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Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. DJT announced the release of its Truth+ streaming service on the web.

Truth+ streaming service's content ranges from entertainment, news and faith-based programming to documentaries and weather. Apart from the web, users can access it via an Android app.

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were down 15% to $2.0450. The commodity has been weighed down this year by an oversupply. Vicinity Motor Corp. VEV was down, falling 34% to $0.0778 after the company announced it has not been successful renegotiating terms with Royal Bank of Canada or Export Development Canada.

Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded down 1.8% to $74.18 while gold traded down 0.4% at $2,666.00.

Silver traded down 1.2% to $31.36 on Monday, while copper fell 2.3% to $4.3920.

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Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mostly higher on Monday, with Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index falling 0.75%, China's Shanghai Composite Index gaining 2.07% and India's BSE Sensex gaining 0.73%.

Economics

No major economic reports are scheduled for release today.

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