U.S. Stocks Open Week to the Upside

Updated from 7:03 a.m. EST

Stocks in New York opened with gains Monday, as the U.S. and China each unveiled new plans to prop up companies and economies wounded by the financial crisis.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 207 points to 9151, and the S&P 500 climbed 10 to 941. The Nasdaq was adding 30 points to 1677.

Financial firms were in focus as Monday's session got under way. Troubled insurer American International Group (AIG Quote) received a revamped $150 billion bailout package from the U.S. government and reported a third-quarter loss of $24.47 billion, or $9.05 a share, compared with year-earlier net income of $3.09 billion, or $1.19 a share. ...