12:44 PM EDT, 08/11/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US equity indexes and government bond yields traded mixed after midday on Monday as investors weighed geopolitical risks ahead of July's inflation data.

The Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.4% to 21,528.3, the S&P 500 rose 0.2% to 6,401.5, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1% to 44,129.9. Healthcare was among the gainers intraday while energy and materials led the decliners.

The United States dollar strengthened ahead of scheduled talks between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. The meeting will take place on Friday in Alaska without Ukraine and European representation. The White House may invite Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Alaska for next week's meeting, NBC reported Saturday, citing a senior US official and three informed sources.

"We remain committed to the principle that international borders must not be changed by force," CNN reported, citing a Saturday joint statement from the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and the European Union.

In data due Tuesday, the consumer price index is expected to rise 2.8% year-over-year in July from 2.7% in the previous month. The headline rate is, however, forecast to slip 0.2% month-over-month from 0.3% in June. The Core CPI prints will likely gain sequentially and year-over-year.

"The combination of a [recent] softer payroll number with concerns of tariff-related inflation could be the recipe for a correction, especially in the seasonally weak third quarter," The Star, in a Monday news report, cited a Morgan Stanley note.

US Treasury yields were mixed, with the 10-year yield down 1.4 basis points to 4.27%. The two-year rate was steady at 3.76%.

West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures added 0.2% to $63.98 a barrel.