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The S&P 500 added 0.4% on Monday, Dec. 16, as tech stocks edged higher ahead of this week's Federal Reserve interest-rate announcement.

NEW YORK/GDANSK (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar edged higher against major currencies in choppy trading on Monday, as investors eyed interest rate decisions from the Federal Reserve, Bank of Japan, Bank of England and other key central banks this week. Markets are pricing in a near 97% chance that the Fed will deliver a quarter-point interest rate cut at the end of its policy meeting on Wednesday, according to CME's FedWatch tool. "The U.S. dollar has been at the mercy of headlines not only just surrounding what the Fed is going to do but whether it's going to be deemed a hawkish cut," said Juan Perez, director of trading at Monex USA in Washington, D.C.

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Megacap tech shares muscled the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq to higher closes on Monday as U.S. Treasury yields paused and investors readied for a busy central bank week. Bitcoin surged, touching a new high after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump suggested he plans to set up a bitcoin strategic reserve. The FANG group of tech and tech-adjacent momentum stocks outperformed, gaining 2.7% on the day.

NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Nasdaq closed at a record high on Monday and the S&P 500 also rose as investors gauged the latest economic data while looking toward the Federal Reserve's final policy announcement of the year later in the week to gauge the path of interest rates. Markets have almost completely priced in a rate cut at the conclusion of the Fed's two-day policy meeting on Wednesday, with a 95.4% chance for a cut of 25 basis points (bps), according to CME's FedWatch Tool. "Maybe the market was a bit oversold last week and with almost a 100% likelihood that the Fed will cut on Wednesday, the only outstanding question is what kind of rhetoric, what kind of notes will investors get regarding guidance," said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist of CFRA Research in New York.

U.S. stock indexes drifted amid mixed trading Monday, ahead of this week’s upcoming meeting by the Federal Reserve that could set Wall Street’s direction into next year. The S&P 500 rose 0.4%, coming off its first losing week in the last four. The Nasdaq composite climbed 1.2% to a record, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was a laggard and fell 110 points, or 0.3%.

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