Dow reclaims 18,000 as quarterly reports begin to flow

Wall Street rose on Monday, with the Dow touching highs not seen since July, as Hasbro and Disney lifted the consumer discretionary sector while investors braced for a flurry of quarterly earnings reports through the week. The index is now up 2.3 percent in 2016 and only about 2 percent short of its all-time high, while the Dow breached 18,000 for the first time since July 21. Earnings of S&P 500 companies are seen falling 7.7 percent on average, with the energy sector weighing heavily, acco