A big screen display of stock prices hangs behind traders working at the New York Stock Exchange NYSE.
A big screen display of stock prices hangs behind traders working at the New York Stock Exchange NYSE on May 9, 2022.
  • US stocks fell Monday as investors reacted to the March jobs report showing cooling in the labor market. 
  • Stock indexes finished the holiday-shortened week with losses. 
  • Due this week is March inflation data and the first quarterly results from big banks after SVB's failure. 

Stocks declined Monday as investors returned from a holiday break to react to the US jobs report for March and how that plays into the Federal Reserve's thinking about interest rates.

Key stock indexes were lower after last week's losses. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% last week, marking the first loss in four weeks, and the Nasdaq Composite fell by 1.1%.