U.S. stocks finished mixed on Monday, after flipping between modest gains and losses, as investors contemplate a week stuffed with monster earnings and await a Federal Reserve policy meeting that’s expected to include another outsize rate hike. Dow industrials and the S&P 500 finished higher for the fourth time out of the past five trading days, while the Nasdaq Composite ended lower.How stocks traded
The Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.28%
finished up by 90.75 points, or 0.3%, at 31,990.04.
The S&P 500
SPX,
+0.13%
closed up by 5.21 points, or 0.1%, at 3,966.84.
The Nasdaq Composite
COMP,
-0.43%
ended lower by 51.45 points, or 0.4%, at 11,782.67. …