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Here's your closing bell brief for Monday, September 29th. I'm Catherine Sullivan for the Wall Street Journal.

U.S. stocks closed higher today as investors monitored last-minute talks in Washington to avoid a government

shutdown. The NASDAQ led the gains, rising half a percent, while the S&P 500 climbed about a quarter of a

percent, and the Dow inched nearly

0.2 percent higher. Fears over a potential shutdown weighed on the dollar and cut treasury yields,

while gold prices hit another record high. Oil futures declined, following a report that

OPEC and its allies were planning to increase production. Among individual companies, shares of electronic

arts jumped 4.5% after the video game maker announced its going private in a $52.5 billion buyout.

Moon Lake immunotherapics saw its shares plunge nearly 90% after the company reported disappointing

results from a skin disorder drug trial.

And shares of Lockheed Martin were up about 1% after the Wall Street Journal exclusively reported

that the Pentagon was urging missile suppliers to increase production rates.

Heads up, an artificial intelligence tool helped us make this episode by creating summaries that were based on WSJ reporting and then reviewed and adapted by an editor.

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