us stocks open mostly higher on monday with the sp 500 and dow jones industrial average on track to snap a threesession losing streak that culminated with a 630point drop for the dow on friday following the release of jobs data for september the sp 500 gained 5 points or 02 to 3645 the nasdaq composite fell 15 points or 02 to 10636 the dow advanced 113 points or 04 to 29409 the main us benchmarks managed to snap a threeweek losing streak last week despite the postjobs losses after stocks notched the best twoday start to a calendar quarter since 1938 investors are looking ahead to a busy week that includes the release of minutes from the federal reserve’s september meeting a report on inflation in september and the start of the thirdquarter earnings season