Wall Street yawns at DC's looming shutdown as US stocks head toward another winning month

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are coasting toward the finish of Wall Street’s latest winning month on Tuesday, as financial markets give a collective yawn for the potential shutdown of the U.S. federal government that's looming.

The S&P 500 edged up by 0.1% and is on track for a fifth straight winning month after setting a record last week . The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 18 points, or less than 0.1%, with an hour remaining in trading, and the Nasdaq composite was virtually unchanged.