US stocks rallied on Monday as Wall Street braced for a packed week of high-profile earnings and the delayed release of key inflation data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) climbed more than 1.1%, over 500 points, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) gained almost 1.1%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) rose about 1.4%, as Apple (AAPL) stock surged to a record high on strong iPhone 17 demand. Markets are setting aside a laundry list of worries to focus instead on earnings season, which shifts into hig ...