Stocks were mixed at the beginning of a big week for the AI trade and long-term monetary policy, with an uneasy stalemate holding in the Middle East and a trade war widening in North America. Relatively few management teams are scheduled to report financial results and offer guidance this week, but the biggest company in the world by market cap is among them. We'll also hear from Fed Chair Kevin Warsh on Friday.
At the closing bell, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.3% at 53,417. But the broad-based S&P 500 was down 0.3% to 7,652, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite had declined 0.8% to 25,980.
