Yahoo Finance special reporter Rachelle Akuffo examines how stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) are trading Monday morning while covering some of the biggest market movers and stories.

While bitcoin (BTC-USD) repeatedly ascends to new record highs — at the time of this video's posting, the cryptocurrency has moved above $84,000 for the first time ever — crypto exchange platform Coinbase Global (COIN) is seeing serious gains of its own.

The aerospace and defense sector (XAR) has taken off and is currently outpacing the S&P 500 year-to-date.

China's Singles' Day — a shopping event that happens annually on November 11 (11/11) — kicks off, with Chinese e-commerce platforms Alibaba (BABA) and JD.com (JD) seeing lackluster gains.

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This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.