Stocks were steady on Monday, with Wall Street aiming for more record highs. Traders this week are eyeing a key inflation reading, the upcoming summit between President Trump and Russian President Putin, and an unusual sales arrangement between Nvidia (NVDA), AMD (AMD), and the US government.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) fell 0.3%. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose 0.2%, while and the tech-heavy Nasdaq (^IXIC) gained 0.3%, both on track for record closes.
Wall Street is coming off a week that saw the Nasdaq Composite notch two consecutive records at its end. The S&P 500, meanwhile, just missed a record close on Friday.
Tech stocks overperformed as Apple (AAPL) posted its best week since 2020 on the heels of its White House spotlight with President Trump. Nvidia also closed Friday at a fresh record amid signals from Trump that Big Tech companies could avoid looming chip tariffs.
But in another tariff-related twist, President Trump confirmed on Monday he made a deal with Nvidia —allowing the AI chip giant to sell its H20 chip to China for a revenue cut in exchange.
“This [H20] is an old chip that China already has,” Trump said on Monday, noting the agreement does not extend to Nvidia's next generation Blackwell.
The Financial Times reported on Sunday that both Nvidia and AMD agreed to give the US government 15% of the money they make from selling certain computer chips to China.
Nvidia and AMD shares reversed early losses on Monday.
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Trump has claimed that his tariffs are having a “huge positive impact on the stock market,” though Wall Street is still navigating the twists and turns in his trade policy. His sweeping duties on dozens of trade partners went into effect last week. Now, investors are turning their attention to his previewed sectoral duties on semiconductor and pharmaceutical imports, as well as a looming Tuesday deadline to extend a tariff pause with China.
Wall Street will get another glimpse this week into how those tariffs are affecting price pressures in the US. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is set for release on Tuesday, followed by the Producer Price Index on Thursday and retail sales data on Friday. Inflation reaccelerated in June, and economists have warned that the tariffs will likely continue to seep into price data in the coming months.
Meanwhile, gold futures (GC=F) fell in New York on Monday as traders waited for clarification from the White House over its tariff policy, after a US government agency ruled that 100-ounce and one-kilogram bullion bars would be subject to tariffs.
