Stock market today: Indexes struggle for direction as investors await wave of data

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• US stocks closed mixed as investors awaited a wave of data this week, from earnings to the July jobs report.
• 171 S&P 500 companies, including Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon, will report Q2 earnings this week.
• The Federal Reserve's FOMC meeting on Wednesday is another key market-moving event this week.

US stock indexes closed mixed on Monday as investors awaited a massive wave of data this week.

171 companies within the S&P...