Considerable strength was also visible among trucking stocks, as reflected by the 1.9 percent gain posted by the Dow Jones Trucking Index. The modest strength on Wall Street partly reflected ongoing positive sentiment following last Friday's upbeat monthly jobs report.
Even as they celebrate a diplomatic victory in persuading China and Russian Federation to sign on to cutting new sanctions, the US and other countries are deeply concerned that failure to rigorously enforce them could significantly blunt their impact.