U.S. stocks rising as investors await Tuesday's CPI report

By Liz Moyer

Investing.com -- U.S. stocks were rising on Monday as investors tried to shrug off last week's losses.

At 10:34 ET (15:34 GMT), the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 256 points or 0.7%, while the S&P 500 was up 0.7%, and the NASDAQ Composite was up 0.8%.

Growth stocks, which got off to a strong start this year on hopes the Federal Reserve's rate increases could reach their end this year, lost momentum last week. The Nasdaq was down 2.4% for the week and the S&P lost 1.1%, marking their worst week since December.

But Nasdaq stocks were rising on Monday, boosted by Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META). The parent of Facebook and Instagram is reportedly mulling additional layoffs as management focuses on controlling costs. Shares of the social media giant were up 2.8%.

More than 90% of futures traders expect the Fed to raise interest rates by another quarter of a percentage point next month. Traders are also projecting rates to rise above 5%, peaking at around 5.2% by midsummer.

Tuesday's report on the consumer price index for January could factor into the Fed's decision about where rates are headed. Analysts expect the CPI to rise 6.2% over the year, slowing from the pace in December.

Shares of Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX) fell 0.1% after the U.S. government said it would buy another 1.5 million doses of its COVID vaccine even as the Biden administration prepares to end the federal emergency in May.

Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) stock rose 2.6% after the cloud communications company said it was cutting 17% of its jobs and shutting some offices.

Oil fell. Crude Oil WTI Futures was down 0.8% to $79.06 a barrel, while Brent Oil Futures crude was down 0.8% to $85.66 a barrel. Gold Futures was down 0.4% to $1,867.