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Chinese builders are looking to payment extensions or debt exchanges to avoid default on imminent bond obligations as liquidity conditions tighten for the real estate sector.

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said the central bank has met its goal of achieving "substantial further progress" on both inflation and employment, urging policymakers to move forward in reducing stimulus.

Megacap tech stocks led the S&P 500 marginally higher and bond yields fell as investors turned to defensive favorites with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell making the case for maintaining economic stimulus.

Stocks retreated from record highs and bond yields rose as investors debated whether the Federal Reserve risks letting inflation get out of hand.

U.S. stocks climbed to another all-time high as investors await second-quarter earnings starting this week to gauge whether corporate profits can support equity valuations. Treasury yields fluctuated as the U.S. sold debt.

U.S. stocks dropped the most in almost three week amid growing anxiety that the spread of covid-19 variants will upend growth expectations, undoing popular reflation trades. Treasuries gained for an eighth day.

U.S. stocks rose to record highs and bonds gained after minutes from the Federal Reserves latest meeting showed policy makers continued to see elevated uncertainty and debated the tapering of debt purchases.

U.S. stocks fell, snapping a streak of seven consecutive closing record highs, as a plunge in Treasury yields to the lowest since February weighed on banks and small caps. A gauge of the dollar strengthened and crude oil dropped from a six-year high.

Another batch of strong economic reports added fuel to the rotation into stocks that stand to benefit the most from a U.S. reopening.

The end of one of the best first halves for stocks since 1998 was marked by small moves and slow trading.

For all the talk about inflated equity prices, a peak in earnings growth and the spread of a highly infectious coronavirus strain, stocks managed to close at another record.

Some of the worlds largest technology companies led stocks to a fresh record on Monday, extending a rally thats already added $6 trillion in value to the equity market this year.