Stocks were inched higher on Monday as investors turned their attention towards ongoing debt ceiling negotiations following back-to-back weekly losses for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 Index.
Here's how the market settled on Monday:
S&P 500 Index
Dow Jones Industrial Average
Nasdaq Composite Index
The Dow and S&P 500 lost 1.1% and 0.3%, respectively, last week as concerns about a looming recession and the lack of a deal regarding the upcoming U.S. debt ceiling limit in June hampered market sentiment. That potential U.S. default is expected to be the main driver behind market moves this week, with President Joe Biden scheduled to meeting with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other congressional leaders on Tuesday to resume budget negotiations.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen signaled in an interview with The Wall Street Journal over the weekend that the U.S. would avoid a default.
"I'm hopeful. I think the negotiations are very active. I'm told they have found some areas of agreement," Yellen said. Yellen has previously said that failure to reach an agreement on the debt ceiling before June 1 would "produce financial chaos,"quoted by CNBC.
Elsewhere, JPMorgan Chase
"We've got to be very careful about getting close," to a default, Dimon said, quoted by Reuters. "It's very unfortunate, it's time-consuming, hopefully it won't happen, but it affects contracts, collateral, clearing houses, [and] clients."
Beyond the debt ceiling, market participants will turn their attention to testimony from former executives from Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank before the Senate on Tuesday. The earnings season is still underway as well, with retail names like Walmart
In economic news on Monday, manufacturing activity in the New York area declined in May, with new orders and shipments falling as prices rose, according to the Federal Reserve. The Empire State Manufacturing survey declined 43 points from April to a reading of -31.8, while new orders fell 53 points and shipments dropped more than 40 points.
In single-stock news, shares of Magellan Midstream Partners
Shares of H&R Block
Microsoft's
Looking ahead, investors will get a view of the health of the consumer as from April's U.S. retail sales report as well as Home Depot earnings on Tuesday.