the dow jones industrial average djia and the sp 500 index spx finished at records on monday ahead of a deluge of thirdquarter earnings results due this week including from facebook inc fb after the sessions closing bell the dow advanced about 66 points or 02 to close at a record 3574378 eclipsing its record finish on friday and setting a new alltime trading high along the way the sp 500 added about 05 on monday to end at a record 456692 after setting its own intraday record high the technologyheavy nasdaq composite index comp outperformed gaining 09 but ended shy of record territory the bullish mood on wall street comes ahead of more than 150 sp 500 companies or nearly a third of the broadmarket index this week reporting quarterly results investors also widely expect the federal reserve to start to lay out its plans soon for reducing its 120 billion of monthly emergency purchases of treasury and mortgagebacked securities as the us economy heals but without tightening monetary policy by too much down the road