Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq sink as data-packed last full week of trading kicks off

US stocks erased early gains on Monday as investors waited for an upcoming flurry of economic data to help set expectations for interest-rate cuts in 2026. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) fell 0.2% and 0.3%, respectively, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) shed 0.5%, after closing sharply lower Friday. Recently, jitters about overcooked AI expectations have prompted investors to jump out of tech and into value stocks. That has pressured the Nasdaq and the S&P, ...