US stocks climb as investors look to extend gains following the best week of the year for the S&P 500

• US stocks climbed Monday as investors piled back into the market over the last five trading sessions.
• The S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq are each coming off their strongest weekly performances of the year.
• Friday's payrolls report came in cooler than expected, while the unemployment rate rose to 3.9%.

US stocks climbed on Monday, with each of the three major indexes looking to continue the momentum after their strongest weekly performances of the year. 

Over the prior five trading sessions, the S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq all notched gains of more than 5%, as investors piled back into stocks amid solid corporate earnings and a softer-than-expected labor market report.