U.S. stocks traded higher toward the end of trading, with the S&P 500 gaining around 1% on Monday. The Dow traded up 1.08% to 40,781.71 while the NASDAQ rose 0.76% to 16,818.23. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.95% to 5,459.48. Check This Out: Top 3 Financials Stocks That Could Blast Off In September Leading and Lagging Sectors Consumer discretionary shares surged by 1.8% on Monday. In trading on Monday, communication services shares rose by just 0.1%. Top Headline U.S. wholesale inventories increased by 0 ...