Specialist Douglas Johnson is reflected in a screen at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, July 22, 2013. Rising commodity prices made up for a disappointing quarterly performance at McDonalds, lifting the stock market Monday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Specialist Douglas Johnson is reflected in a screen at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, July 22, 2013. Rising commodity prices made up for a disappointing quarterly performance at McDonalds, lifting the stock market Monday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
NEW YORK (AP) ? Stocks are edging mostly lower in early trading on Wall Street as a busy week for financial markets gets underway.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 25 points, or 0.1 percent, to 15,535 in the first few minutes of trading Monday.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index was down two points, also 0.1 percent, at 1,689.
The Nasdaq composite was flat at 3,613.
Omnicom Group jumped 7 percent to $69.96 after agreeing to combine with France's Publicis Groupe to create the world's largest advertising company.
Saks rose 3 percent to $15.83 after announcing a deal to be acquired by the parent company of Lord & Taylor for $2.4 billion.
There's lots of news for investors this week, including a Federal Reserve meeting and the government's employment report.
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