Dow Closes Above 18,000 for First Time Since July

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 18,000 on Monday for the first tine since July 2015.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 18,000 on Monday for the first tine since July 2015, as investors downplayed the odds that a slowdown in global growth could impact U.S. markets. Plus, blood testing company Theranos said its the subject of a probe from the SEC and a criminal investigation from the U.S. Attorney's office, as questions continue to surface about how effective its products are. Meanwhile, Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) - Get Report will sell SAB's Peroni brand, among other beverages, to Asahi, a Japan-based brewery for $2.9 billion, as it looks to move forward with its $100 billion merger with SABMiller. Investors are also gearing up for quarterly results from Yahoo! (YHOO) and Intel (INTC) - Get Report , released after the markets close. TheStreet's Scott Gamm reports from the Nasdaq.