The S&P 500 advanced Monday, led higher by shares of health-care and consumer discretionary companies, building on last week's broad gains ahead of a historic U.S.-North Korea summit. The Dow Jones Industrial Average swung between gains and losses before adding 0.3%. The S&P 500 advanced 0.3%, following gains across Asian and European markets. The Nasdaq Composite rose less than 0.3%. Ten of the 11 S&P 500 sectors posted gains. The Russell 2000 index climbed 0.3%. Macroeconomic news will take centre stage this week, with the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and Bank of Japan all meeting, likely offering important clues on the path of monetary policy. The Fed is widely expected to raise interest rates when it meets this week and update its projections for the years ahead while investors will watch closely for the ECB's stance on winding down its bond-buying program. For now though, markets have returned to a lower-volatility environment, one in which equity indexes slowly march higher, he said. It is a reversion to the mood that permeated markets late 2017 and early 2018. The US Gold Price gained 0.2% to record $1300 US$/Oz.
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