Markets kicked off the new week on a constructive note Monday, with all four major indices finishing in the green. The S&P 500 gained 0.67% to close at 7,756.05, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq led the charge with a 0.88% advance to 27,450.06. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added a more modest 0.20%, settling at 50,888.37.
Small-cap stocks kept pace with their large-cap counterparts, as the Russell 2000 climbed 0.66% to 2,822.46 — a sign that the rally had meaningful breadth rather than being narrowly driven by mega-cap names. That kind of participation across market capitalizations tends to signal underlying confidence in the broader economic backdrop.
Gold continued to command attention, with the precious metal sitting at $4,144.69 — a level that underscores persistent demand for hard assets even as equities push higher. The simultaneous strength in stocks and gold suggests investors are hedging across multiple scenarios rather than making a single directional bet.
Visa was Monday's standout performer, jumping 2.51% to $369.71 and providing a meaningful lift to the Dow and S&P. Apple, by contrast, was the session's softest large-cap name, dipping just 0.24% to $332.89 — a negligible move that hardly dents the stock's longer-term trend.