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U.S. stocks posted a mixed finish Monday, struggling for direction as investors weighed a Federal Reserve survey of loan officers for signs of a credit crunch, awaited inflation data due this week and tracked choppy trading in shares of regional banks.
A small rise for the Nasdaq Composite, however, was enough to see the index meet widely used criteria marking an exit from a bear market.
How did stocks trade?
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