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U.S. Stocks Hover Near Their Latest Record in Mixed Trading on Wall Street
Tech stocks slipped as oil topped $106 a barrel and investors awaited bank results, with the S&P 500 nearly flat and the Nasdaq down 0.04%.
On Monday, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq opened little changed as technology stocks faced pressure while oil prices hit two-week highs ahead of major bank earnings and inflation data due later in the week.
Shares of quantum computing firm IonQ slipped 4.7 per cent after the company announced an all-stock deal to acquire cybersecurity firm Elisity, valued at up to $US1.3 billion.
Salesforce rose 3.5 per cent after a BofA Global Research double upgrade to "buy," while Chipotle Mexican Grill dipped 3.0 per cent after Starbucks denied acquisition interest.
Markets price in just a 19 per cent chance of a Federal Reserve rate hike this month, according to CME's FedWatch tool, as S&P 500 earnings are expected to soar 30.6 per cent in the third quarter.
Major banks including Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and JPMorgan Chase kick off earnings on Tuesday, while Brent crude futures rose above $US106 a barrel following deadly weekend strikes on Riyadh's international airport.
The New York Stock Exchange evolves without clear direction on Monday, with investors remaining on guard for a week marked by the kick-off of the business performance season and the publication of inflation indices in the United States.