Wall Street's major indexes trade mixed on Monday after Moody’s Ratings downgraded the United States' last remaining top-tier credit rating, raising fresh concerns about the nation's fiscal outlook and debt management.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) gained ground to kick off the new trading week, touching 42,800 for the first time in eight weeks as markets continue to push equity markets back into the high end following this year’s tariff-fueled stock rout.

Soft inflation data lifted major U.S. stock indexes Tuesday, except for one notable exception: the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the blue-chip index that for many is synonymous with “the stock market.

Stocks closed higher Monday as the U.S. and China moved to de-escalate their trade war, with investors eager for signs of a lasting agreement.

The major indexes were recovering from an early slide, but market breadth was still quite poor. With the S&P 500 down 0.3%, only 180 of the index’s stocks were rising on the day. The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF,

U.S. stocks are leaping after China and the United States announced a 90-day truce in their trade war. The S&P 500 jumped 2.6% Monday.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average accelerated its gains on Friday, in the process erasing its 2025 year-to-date losses, according to FactSet data, at last check The Dow was up around 231 points, or 0.6%,