Stock market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq climb as investors await Fed decision after Nasdaq’s record close

US stocks mostly gained on Monday as US-China trade talks unfolded in Madrid and investors awaited a pivotal Federal Reserve meeting later this week. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose 0.4%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) jumped nearly 0.9% to a record high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) reversed earlier gains to fall below the flat line. The major US stock indexes are coming off a strong week in which the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 saw their best weekly showings since early August, while the ...