U.S. stocks closed higher on Monday as investors shook off pessimism following the Paris terror attacks while assets perceived as havens got a boost with gold and the U.S. dollar climbing. The main indexes opened lower but soon moved into positive territory, with reaction to the attacks concentrated to individual sectors. The Empire State Index, which measures the strength of business activity in New York, rose slightly to -10.7 this month from -11.4 in October. Any reading below zero indicates a contraction. Economists had been expecting the index to come in at -6.5.
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