June 22, 2015: Markets opened higher on Monday as investors appeared optimistic that Greece and the European Central Bank would strike a deal. That hasn’t happened yet today. Gold dropped 1.5% and crude has been volatile, but currently trading up about 0.2% for the day at about $60.20 a barrel. Shortly before the closing bell the DJIA traded up 0.59% for the day, the S&P 500 traded up 0.64%, and the Nasdaq Composite traded up 0.73%.

The DJIA stock posting the largest daily percentage gain ahead of the close Monday was Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MRK) which traded up 1.43% at $58.87. The stock’s 52-week range is $52.49 to $63.62. Trading volume totaled less than 6 million shares, well below the daily average of around 11 million. The company had no specific news today.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) traded up 1.31% at $81.24 The stock’s 52-week range is $161.53 to $216.81, and the high was posted earlier today. Trading volume totaled about 1.4 million shares, again well below the daily average of more than 2.4 million. The company had no specific news today, but on Friday the bank with no branches hired a veteran iShares executive to help launch Goldman’s own ETF products.

American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) traded higher by 1.28%% at $81.21. The stock’s 52-week range is $76.53 to $96.24. Trading volume was about 40% below the daily average of around 6.1 million. The company had no specific news today.

The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) traded up 0.85% at $113.58. The stock’s 52-week range is $78.54 to $114.47, a new 52-week high posted earlier this morning. About 4 million shares traded hands today, about 40% below the daily average of around 5.8 million. The company’s Pixar animated film “Inside Out” posted a smashing weekend debut of $91 million, the studio’s second-best opening ever.

Of the Dow 30 stocks 27 are set to close higher today and just 3 are on track to close lower.

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