The three major averages cinched their sixth straight positive week. This marked the longest string of weekly advances in 2024 for both the Dow and S&P 500, which respectively ended 0.96% and 0.85% higher. The Nasdaq climbed 0.80%.

The S&P 500 is on track to report 7% year-per-year earnings growth for the third quarter, according to estimates from FactSet.

Stock futures were pretty much flat on Monday as investors braced themselves for the first full week of third-quarter earnings while working to understand the most recent announce