The stock market has been on a winning streak for six days — a welcome change from the downward slide in the days and weeks after "Liberation Day." While Wall Street is feeling more optimistic now than they were earlier this year,

U.S. stocks finished near the unchanged mark on Monday with market sentiment weakened by the downgrade of the federal government's perfect sovereign credit rating owing to its huge debt profile. Moody's slashed the U.

Investors sold U.S. government bonds and the dollar on Monday amid concerns about the U.S. fiscal picture. Stocks edged higher.