NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Most U.S. stocks ticked higher to recover some of their sharp slide from last week. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% Monday for its first gain in three days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.6%. CVS Health rallied after adding four new directors to its board, including the CEO of a hedge fund that鈥檚 a major investor. Treasury yields eased in the bond market, which also helped calm the stock market. Several big companies are lining up to report their latest quarterly results this week. The headliner arrives on Wednesday with market heavyweight Nvidia.
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NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� U.S. stocks are ticking higher Monday as Wall Street recovers some of .
The S&P 500 was up 0.3% in afternoon trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 115 points, or 0.2%, as of 1:55 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.5% higher.
CVS Health rallied 6% after to its board. The health giant did so following discussions with a major investor, hedge-fund owner Glenview Capital Management. Its CEO, Larry Robbins, is one of the new directors.
Liberty Energy also helped pull the market upward after rising 5.9%. President-elect Donald Trump named its CEO, Chris Wright, as his .
Trading of stock, meanwhile, was halted after the budget carrier said it reached an agreement with debtholders on a plan to take it through Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The airline will continue to fly while it restructures, but it will also likely wipe out the holdings of all its current stock investors.
Stocks are regaining some momentum after giving back more than half their at the end of last week. Investors had sent the S&P 500 nearly 4% higher in the days immediately following Trump鈥檚 win. Bank stocks, smaller companies and other winners from Trump's preference for did particularly well.
More recently, though, investors have braced for some of the potential downsides for the market of Trump鈥檚 reshaping of the economy. Moderna rose 5.6% on Monday, but it is still down since Trump said he wanted Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent , to lead the .
Worries about under Trump have also sent Treasury yields upward in the bond market. Such results could tie the Federal Reserve鈥檚 hands, when the central bank is trying to lower interest rates to ease the brakes off the economy and keep the job market humming.
While lower rates can give a boost to growth, they can also add fuel for inflation.
鈥淭raders appear to be gauging the potential impact of a new Trump administration鈥檚 policies on the economy, and the possibility that the Fed may slow down its rate-cutting campaign,鈥� according to Chris Larkin, managing director, trading and investing, at E-Trade from Morgan Stanley.
Higher rates and yields in turn mean more pressure on companies to make bigger profits in order to make their stock prices look less expensive. Their prices have already run up much faster than their earnings.
Several big-name companies will be reporting their latest profit result this week, including market heavyweight Nvidia on Wednesday.
The chip company has grown into one of Wall Street鈥檚 most influential, with a total market value of nearly $3.5 trillion, after becoming the poster child of the rush into artificial-intelligence technology. It will need to hit analysts鈥� high expectations for growth during the latest quarter, if not more, to justify its big stock price.
Other big companies set to report results this week include Lowe鈥檚 and Walmart on Tuesday, Target on Wednesday and Deere on Thursday.
The big-box retailers will be reporting after an update on Friday said generally last month than expected. It's the latest signal that the most influential force on the economy remains solid, but the data may not be quite as strong as it appeared. After taking away purchases of automobiles, sales at retailers were weaker last month than economists expected
In the bond market, Treasury yields edged lower, which helped keep things calmer in the stock market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 4.41% from 4.45% late Friday.
In stock markets abroad, indexes were mixed in Europe amid modest moves following sharper swings in Asia.
South Korea鈥檚 Kospi jumped 2.2% after Samsung Electronics, the country鈥檚 biggest company, announced a share buyback plan.
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AP Business Writers Matt Ott and Elaine Kurtenbach contributed.
Stan Choe, The Associated Press
