Stocks open mixed amid shutdown reprieve, EV delivery data: Stock market news today

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Stocks opened mixed on Monday, with the Nasdaq alone starting the new quarter in the green after US lawmakers averted a government shutdown and as auto deliveries data rolled in. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) was little changed, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) dropped about 0.1%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) was up about 0.5%, as Goldman Sachs strategists said valuations in the sector were historically cheap. In a surprise turnabout, Congress on Saturday sealed a last-second deal to sidestep a shutdown that had seemed all but inevitable. That brought some relief to investors concerned by the threat of...