CONCLUDED Stock Market News for Monday, Oct. 20, 2025: The S&P 500 Ends Higher. Records Are So Close. Last Updated: Updated 10 hours ago Stock Futures Rise as U.S.-China Trade Tensions Ease. Markets Look Past Bank Loan Fears. By George Glover Stocks looked set to rally on Monday, as signs of easing trade tensions between the U.S. and China soothed investors, helping the market to look past some of its fears about bad loans hitting the banking industry. Futures tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average were ...