Wall Street Rises, but Tracks Steep Monthly Losses

Wall Street Rises, but Tracks Steep Monthly Losses
A street sign for Wall Street is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, on July 19, 2021. Andrew Kelly/Reuters
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Wall Street’s main indexes rose on Thursday at the end of a bruising month as investors kept a close watch on funding negotiations in Washington to prevent a government shutdown.

The benchmark S&P 500 was still on course to snap its seven-month winning streak, due to worries about inflation, fallout from China Evergrande’s potential default and wrangling over the debt ceiling.