James Gruber

Iran talks.

Copper futures were 0.1% lower.

Meanwhile, aluminum futures were down 0.8%.

Gold futures edged lower as attempts to restart U.S.

Iran talks faltered.

The futures settled down 1% to $4,694 an ounce.

Iron ore futures were flat at $107.13 a tonne.

Two currencies, they were mixed against the US dollar.

The euro was flat at 1.1722 US dollars.

The Japanese yen was marginally down to 159.41 yen and the Aussie dollar was up 0.5% to 71.87 US cents.

Let's now head to Wall Street.

Monday's session, the Dow Jones index closed down 0.1%, the S&P 500 rose 0.1%, and the Nasdaq was 0.2% higher.

If we take a closer look at what's happened there, US markets were mixed on Monday as investors took a breath at the start of an eventful week with earnings, economic data, the US Federal Reserve's rate decision, and the ebb and flow of Middle East tensions all crowding the docket.

Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta platforms are set to report quarterly earnings on Wednesday, followed by Apple a day later.

Of the 11 major sectors in the S&P 500, communication services enjoyed the largest percentage gain on Monday, while consumer staples were down the most.

Verizon advanced 1.6% after the telecom company raised its annual forecast after reporting stronger-than-expected subscriber ads.

Domino's Pizza slid 9.3% after the pizza chain reported first quarter sales estimates.

Nvidia jumped almost 4%, extending the prior session's 4.3% surge.

The company has reclaimed a market capitalization of more than $5 trillion.

Other chipmakers also surged, including Micron and SanDisk.