U.S. stocks finish higher as investors await big-tech earnings

U.S. stocks finished higher on Monday after paring earlier losses during the final hour of trading as the first-quarter earnings season is poised to pick up the pace. The S&P 500
SPX,
+0.33%
gained 13.69 points, or 0.3%, to 4,151.33, according to preliminary data from FactSet. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.30%
gained 100.71 points, or 0.3%, to 33,987.18. The Nasdaq Composite
COMP,
+0.28%
rose by 34.26 points, or 0.3%, to 12,157.72. Investors are looking ahead to a batch of earnings from megacap technology names later in the week, including Netflix Inc., which reports on Tuesday.