U.S. stocks drift near their record

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Pedestrians pass the New York Stock Exchange Friday, Aug. 23, 2019 in New York. Stocks closed broadly higher on Wall Street Monday after they plummeted Friday due to jitters over the U.S.-China trade war. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market is drifting toward the brink of another record. The S&P 500 was 0.4% higher in early trading and just 0.5% below its all-time high, which was set in February. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 207 points, or 0.5%, as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.4% higher. McCormick, the...