Wall Street Edges Higher With Focus on Fed Speakers, Economic Data

WALL STREET - NEW YORK. Wall Street's main indexes inched higher in choppy trading on Monday as investors focused on comments from Federal Reserve policymakers and factory activity data, following the central bank's decision to commence monetary policy easing.

The Fed's pivotal move on monetary policy in the previous week propped up the main indexes for monthly gains, bucking a historical trend where September has been a weak month for equities on average.