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The Dow is set to expand on five straight days of gains. Last week was the best week for the Dow since July 2009. It followed those gains with a modest climb of 18 points Monday. If the Dow closes higher again Tuesday, it would be the first six-day winning streak since a stretch in late April that sent the index to its highest level of the year. The Dow remains nearly 9 percent below that April high despite the recent gains. Even though investors are moving into stocks, bond prices remained in a tight range Tuesday. That's because the government is set to auction off 10-year Treasury notes later in the day. The yield on the 10-year note fell to 3.06 percent from 3.07 percent late Monday. Its yield is often used as a benchmark for interest rates on consumer loans and mortgages, so investors will closely watch the auction later Tuesday to see what yield investors in the freshly auctioned bonds received. The euro fell to $1.2582 from $1.2598 in New York late Monday. Overseas, Britain's FTSE 100 rose 1.4 percent, Germany's DAX index gained 1.3 percent, and France's CAC-40 rose 1.7 percent. Japan's Nikkei stock average fell 0.1 percent.
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