Wall Street took the postponement of the U.S.-China tariff deadline in stride and refocused on inflation numbers arriving Tuesday that may play an outsized roll in the decision by the Federal Reserve about weather to cut rates,

Wall Street's main indexes ended lower on Monday as investors anxiously await inflation data this week to assess the outlook for interest rates and eye U.S.-China trade developments.

U.S. stocks edged back from their record heights in Wall Street’s final moves before an upcoming update on inflation.