内容摘要：Students participate in physical education at the UNRWA Boys’ School in the Shuafat Refugee Camp in east Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Students participate in physical education at the UNRWA Boys’ School in the Shuafat Refugee Camp in east Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

All told, the S&P 500 rose 32.08 points to 5,560.83. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 300.03 to 40,527.62, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 95.18 to 17,461.32.In the bond market, Treasury yields fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury dropped to 4.17% from 4.23% late Monday.

Not only did the report on consumer confidence come in weaker than expected, so did an update on how manyU.S. employers were advertising at the end of March. Such weaker-than-expected data could eventually push the Federal Reserve to resume cutting interest rates in order to give the economy a boost.Yields have largely been sinking since an unsettling,

earlier this month rattled both Wall Street and the U.S. government. That rise had suggested investors worldwide may have been losing faith in the U.S. bond market’s reputation as a safe place to park cash.In stock markets abroad, indexes were mixed amid mostly modest moves across Europe and Asia.

AP Business Writer Elaine Kurtenbach contributed.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish on Monday, ahead of potential flashpoints this week that could bring more. Instead, it’s collected by the Loc Troi Group for sale to other companies that use it as livestock feed and for growing straw mushrooms, a popular addition to stir-fries.

Van benefits in various ways. His costs are down while his farm yield is the same. Using organic fertilizer enables him to sell to European markets where customers are willing to pay a premium for organic rice. Best of all, he has time to tend to his own garden.“I am growing jackfruit and coconut,” he said.

A security guard walks across a warehouse packed with bags of rice packaged for shipment at Hoang Minh Nhat, a rice export company in Can Tho, Vietnam, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)A security guard walks across a warehouse packed with bags of rice packaged for shipment at Hoang Minh Nhat, a rice export company in Can Tho, Vietnam, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)