US stock indices moved in different directions on Monday after mixed economic data and ahead of talks between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin aimed at ending the Ukraine war.
At 11:56 AM Eastern time, the S&P 500 was 0.16% higher, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.49%, and the Nasdaq Composite was 0.35% lower.
A Commerce Department report showed retail sales rose 0.2% in February, after a revised 1.2% decline in January.
While a separate report showed New York State factory activity fell by the most in nearly two years, with new orders dropping sharply and input prices climbing at the fastest rate in over two years.
In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury rose from 4.28% shortly before the release of the retail sales data to nearly 4.33% immediately afterward. It then fell to 4.28%.
Intel shares jumped 7.9% after the chip company appointed former board member and semiconductor industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as its CEO.
PepsiCo stock gained 2% after the beverages maker said it agreed to buy Poppi, a prebiotic soda brand, for a net $1.65 billion.
Among the megacap stocks, Tesla dropped 6.49%, Nvidia lost 1.80%, Amazon.com fell 1.60%, Microsoft fell 0.53%, and Apple slid 1.34%.
Following the Google-MediaTek tie-up report, shares of Broadcom dropped1.38%.
Shares of Google’s parent Alphabetslipped 0.89%.
Oil prices gained on Monday after theUS launched strikes against Yemen's Houthi movementon Saturday.
Brent futures rose 28 cents, or 0.4%, to $70.85 a barrel by 11:25 AM ET (15:25 GMT) while US West Texas Intermediate crude futures gained 22 cents, or 0.3%, to $67.39.
Gold prices rose on Monday, with the focus on trade tariffs and the US Federal Reserve's policy meeting later this week.
Spot gold was up 0.4% to $2,994.79 an ounce by 11:26 AM ET (1526 GMT). US gold futures ticked up 0.1% to $3,003.20.
Spot silver fell 0.4% to $33.66 an ounce.
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