US stocks were mixed on Monday as Tesla (
TSLA
) shares resumed a post-election rally and investors looked ahead to Nvidia (
NVDA
) earnings to test the health of the AI trade.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (
^DJI
) fell 0.2%, while the S&P 500 (
^GSPC
) was up 0.4%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (
^IXIC
) rose 0.4%, buoyed by a jump in Tesla stock.
Stocks started the week trying to break out of a funk, which saw the S&P 500
reverse around half of its Trump-fueled rally
after
sharp weekly losses
for the major gauges, led by tech.
Signs of a
robust economy
, combined with
comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell
, have prompted investors to downsize expectations for rate cuts.
But the tech sector showed signs of a comeback Monday, with EV maker Tesla leading the way, rising as much as 8% in the wake of a Bloomberg report that President-elect Donald
Trump's team is looking to ease US rules
for self-driving vehicles.
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Elsewhere in tech,
eyes are now on Nvidia's earnings report
on Wednesday for insight into the strength of the AI trade, which has helped drive the S&P 500's gains over the past year.
Shares slipped slightly on Monday
as production of
its flagship Blackwell chip came into focus
, with shares slipping slightly.
Wall Street also continues to monitor Trump's picks for his cabinet, after his choice of Robert F. Kennedy Jr for top health official
rattled vaccine stocks
. The incoming president has
named Brendan Carr
, a critic of Big Techs such as Meta and Apple, as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. The wait is now on to learn who will win the
frenzied race to become Trump's Treasury Secretary
.
Meanwhile, bitcoin (
BTC-USD
) — a key Trump trade — has
rebounded from its biggest retreat
since the election at the weekend. The cryptocurrency was trading above $91,000 on Monday.
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