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Stocks rallied Monday as Bernie Madoff received the maximum sentence and oil topped $71 a barrel.
Saying symbolism is important, a judge sentenced convicted Ponzi swindler Bernard Madoff to 150 years in prison.
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Oil stocks rose as crude gained more than $1, topping $71 a barrel.
Investors will also be looking to economic data for signs of recovery. On tap this week are reports on manufacturing, pending-home sales and unemployment.
Fast-food giant Wendy's [WEN
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Drug stocks were mostly lower. But Sanofi Aventis [SNY
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UBS [UBS
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But most bank stocks were lower, including Citigroup [C
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State Street [STT
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This Week:
MONDAY: Manufacturing reports from Dallas, Chicago Fed branches; Earnings from H&R Block
TUESDAY: Case-Shiller home-price index; leading indicators; Conf. Board consumer confidence; Fed's Bullard, Hoenig and Yellen speak
WEDNESDAY: Weekly mortgage applications; ISM manufacturing index; construction spending; pending-home sales; weekly crude inventories; Fed's Evans speaks
THURSDAY: Weekly jobless claims; May jobs report; factory orders
FRIDAY: All U.S. financial markets closed for the Independence Day holiday
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