The major stock indexes continued to improve in late trading Friday as investors seemed to be at ease with reassuring words about the economy from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the other major indexes picked up momentum on the stock market today and were near the day's highs in late trading.

US stock futures fell Monday after President Donald Trump said the US economy would see “a period of transition” and refused to rule out a recession, in an interview that aired Sunday.