By Chris Matthews and William Watts, MarketWatch, Andrea Riquier. Dow finishes above 28,000 milestone for the second session in a row. Stock benchmarks eked out fresh all-time highs on Monday, notching slight gains as progress toward a so-called phase- one U.S.-China trade agreement remained elusive.
Stocks drifted higher in a quiet session Monday, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite to another trio of closing records. With few major economic and earnings reports on the calendar Monday, the stock market's moves were relatively muted. The blue-chip average finished up 31.33 points, or 0.1%, to 28036.22, building on gains after rounding out its sixth consecutive weekly advance on Friday.
Wall Street's three main indexes eked out gains on Monday, barely extending record highs, as investors waited for concrete information on U.S.-China trade relations after mixed headlines. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 31.26 points, or 0.11%, to 28,036.15, the S&P 500 gained 1.55 points, or 0.05%, to 3,122.01 and the Nasdaq Composite added 9.11 points, or 0.11%, to 8,549.94.
Stocks finished slightly higher on Monday, carving out record closes for all three major equity benchmarks, as investors tried to gauge the progress on a phase one trade deal between U.S. and China. The S&P 500 was up 2 points, or less than 0.1%, to finish at 3,122. The Dow Jones Industrial Average picked up 31 points, or 0.1%, to end around 28,036, based on preliminary numbers. The Nasdaq Composite rose 9 points, or 0.1%, to end near 8,550. Investors were tugged by news reports that both...
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U.S. stocks drifted between small gains and losses Monday, kept in a narrow range by a dearth of economic data and earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was last up 33 points, or 0.1%, to 28037, heading toward another closing record. The S&P 500 added less than 0.1% and the Nasdaq Composite was up 0.1%.
* Trade deal mood in Beijing pessimistic - CNBC. * Chipmakers rise as U.S. grants 90-day extension to Huawei. * HP dips after rejecting Xerox's (XRX) $33.5 bln bid. * Coty (COTY) gains after taking stake in Kylie Jenner's businesses. * Indexes: Dow up 0.04%, S&P flat, Nasdaq off 0.03% By Arjun Panchadar.
U.S. stocks drifted between small gains and losses Monday, kept in a narrow range by a dearth of economic data and earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 10 points, or less than 0.1%, to 28014. The S&P 500 declined less than 0.1% and the Nasdaq Composite was off 0.1%. Moves were muted after stocks finished at a fresh set of records Friday.
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