Shares of Amazon were strong performers to kick off November trading. Jonas Roosens / Belga /AFP via Getty Images Close Key Takeaways A linkup with an artificial intelligence player helped power shares of a top cloud-computing services company higher Monday, while an acquisition in the consumer goods space sent the two stocks on divergent paths. Major U.S. equities indexes ended the first trading day of November mixed, kicking off a market week that will bring a wave of big-name quarterly reports. The S&P 5 ...

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