New York — The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average opened flat on Monday after news of an explosion in New York’s busy Port Authority commuter hub, while stocks rose around the world on continued solid global economic growth indicators. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 26.79 points, or 0.11%, to 24,355.95, the S&P 500 gained 3.91 points, or 0.15%, to 2,655.41 and the Nasdaq Composite added 18.88 points, or 0.28%, to 6,858.96. "When you see one of these events in a major city, you get a little cautious tone. But it’s never enough to really rout a stock market intraday," said Michael Antonelli, managing director, institutional sales trading at Robert W. Baird in Milwaukee. MSCI’s gauge of stocks across the globe gained 0.34%. "There’s somewhat of an enthusiasm that global growth is more synchronized than it’s been in a long time, and it’s synchronized in the right direction," said Scott Wren, a senior global equity strategist at Wells Fargo Investment Institute in St. Lo...
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