US stocks open mostly flat: Nasdaq down 0.1%, Dow jumps 179 points

US stocks opened mostly flat as investors braced for a busy week of earnings reports and key economic data, with Wall Street also awaiting developments in US-China trade negotiations. The S&P 500 saw a slight gain of 0.1% on Monday, while the Nasdaq Composite fell by 0.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged by 179 […]