Stocks rose Monday adding to Friday's rally as investors shake off last week's volatile trading. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index was up 17 points, or 0.9% to 1904 and the Nasdaq composite index climbed 58 points, 1.4% to 4316.

CALGARY Alberta (Reuters) - Brent crude fell below $86 a barrel on Monday as nagging concerns about abundant supply and sluggish demand pushed the global oil benchmark back down toward a four-year low hit last week.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's scrapping of diesel price controls opens the door for private sector refiners to return to a domestic retail market from which they have been excluded for years because they could not compete with state firms.

Major currencies traded in tight ranges on Monday with investors facing a vacuum of data and modest price changes in global markets, save for Japan where stocks rallied on possible public pension fund spending, which helped boost the yen.

DALLAS (AP) - U.S. airlines are raising base fares on many domestic flights even though they are getting a windfall from lower fuel prices.