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US INDEXES MIXED EARLY; NASDAQ DOWN WITH SPACEX

The Dow .DJI and S&P 500 .SPX are slightly higher in early trading on Monday, with U.S. Vice President JD Vance saying talks with Iranian officials in Switzerland had laid a "good foundation" for a final peace deal, while the Nasdaq .IXIC is easing along with SpaceX shares.

Oil prices are sharply lower, although tensions over the Strait of Hormuz and Lebanon remain in the Middle East war.

Technology .SPLRCT is leading sector gainers for the S&P 500 .SPX followed by financials .SPSY.

Shares of SpaceX SPCX.O are down more than 7%. The company, whose stock began trading on the Nasdaq June 12, said on Monday it launched an offering of senior unsecured notes and disclosed that it held about $100.8 billion in cash and cash equivalents as of June 19.

Investors are anxious to see Thursday's personal consumption expenditures data after a hawkish tilt by the Federal Reserve last week led traders to ramp up bets on rate increases this year.

Here is the early market snapshot:

(Caroline Valetkevitch)

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EARLIER ON LIVE MARKETS:

WALL STREET PRIMED TO SHOW MODEST GAINS AT OPEN CLICK HERE

FED VIEWS ARE DIVERGING. CITI, BOFA CALLS NOW 150 BPS APART CLICK HERE

UK PM QUITS, MARKETS SHRUG - FOR NOW CLICK HERE

STOXX GETS TECH SUPPORT; FTSE SUBDUED WITH EYES ON STARMER CLICK HERE

BEFORE THE BELL: EUROPE SET FOR CAUTIOUS OPEN; EASYJET BID CLICK HERE

ANY PROGRESS IS GOOD WITH HORMUZ AT STAKE CLICK HERE