Stocks open higher amid M&A, hope for ECB stimulus By: CNBC.com News August 25, 2014 at 09:30 AM EDT U.S. stocks rose on Monday as investors welcomed corporate deals and looked to the European Central Bank for further monetary easing moves. Read More >> Related Stocks: Abercrombie & Fitch Company Bank of Montreal Best Buy Brown-Forman Dollar General Pall Corp Rogers Corp Sanderson Farms IN Sentinelone Inc Cl A Sony Corp Splunk Inc Williams-Sonoma