
News that a debt ceiling deal was reached over the weekend sent stocks higher at the start of the holiday-shortened week, though optimism faded as the session wore on.
But it wasn't only the debt ceiling in focus today. Nvidia (NVDA) continued its monumental rise – briefly passing a milestone that's rarely been met on Wall Street. Tesla (TSLA) made headlines, too, after CEO Elon Musk headed to China for the first time in years.