US stocks advanced tepidly on Monday with investors somewhat reluctant to make big bets in a pre-holiday week while the main benchmarks were sitting near all-time highs set last week.

    The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.20% finished up 39.65 points, or 0.2%, at 19,883.06.

    The S&P 500 index SPX, +0.20% closed up 4.46 points, or 0.2% at 2,262.53. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, +0.37% ended the session higher, up 20.28 points, or 0.4% to 5,457.44.