NEW YORK — U.S. stock indexes are rising Monday, and trading seems to be calmer following last week’s roller-coaster ride.

The S&P 500 climbed 0.7% in early trading and got back within 1% of its all-time high set earlier this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 208 points, or 0.5%, as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.9% higher.

Stocks of smaller and midsized banks drifted higher, recovering some of their losses after a couple raised alarm bells last week by warning about potentially bad loans they’ve made. That raised questions about whether the growing list of problems is just a collection of one-offs or a signal of something larger threatening the entire industry.

Zions Bancorp. rose 1% following its 5.1% drop last week. It will report its latest qu

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