Stock traders on the exchange trading floor.
Stock traders
  • US stocks closed higher Monday as investors tried to navigate uncertainty in the banking system. 
  • UBS' takeover of Credit Suisse over the weekend cooled some fears of a wider crisis. 
  • Morgan Stanley said recent bank failures mark what's likely to be a "vicious" end to the bear market.

US stocks rallied on Monday as traders digested efforts to contain a banking crisis and braced for the next policy decision from Federal Open Market Committee meeting this week.