Wall Street stocks ended at fresh records again on Monday over optimism that the US-China trade war was about to ease, with a possible deal in view when presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet later this week.

Major indices in New York charged higher, with the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all finishing at records on the improved sentiment on trade talks. Monday's buoyant session also featured heady gains by Microsoft, Facebook parent Meta and other tech giants ahead of earnings later this week.

Argentina's stocks soared more than 20 percent on the back of President Javier Milei's midterm victory, which saw his party win the biggest amount of votes in weekend legislative elections. The peso also jumped.

European stock markets were muted, reined in by anticipation of interest-rate decision

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