Despite solid company balance sheets, US investors only touched stocks with the tip of their fingers on Monday.
The Dow Jones index of standard values was 0.2 percent higher at 35,874 points.
The broader S&P 500 jumped to a record high of 4,620 points.
The index of the technology exchange Nasdaq was also quoted somewhat weaker at 15,441 points.
This means that all American indices are still at record levels.
According to traders, the focus of investors is on the upcoming Fed meeting, at which the central bank is expected to announce the reduction of its monthly bond purchase program.
This operation to shut down bond purchases, known in technical jargon as tapering, marks a turnaround in monetary policy that has already triggered speculation on the financial markets that interest rates will rise next year.
The agreement between the EU and the US in the dispute over steel and aluminum imports encouraged investors to enter the sector.
Without this, punitive tariffs on US products such as whiskey and motorcycles would have been due on December 1st.
Harley-Davidson titles rose by more than ten percent.
The preliminary approval of Novavax's coronavirus vaccine in Indonesia gave the pharmaceutical company a jump in price.
The shares rose more than five percent.
Indonesia is the first country to release this serum.
In contrast, investors cashed in on Microsoft's shares.
The papers of the software company lost around one percent, as did Apple shares.