India, June 9 -- Following the strong upward move seen during last Friday's session, stocks are turning in a relatively lackluster performance during trading on Monday. Despite the choppy trading, the tech-heavy Nasdaq has reached a new three-month intraday high.

Currently, the major averages are turning in a mixed performance. While the Dow is down 97.97 points or 0.2 percent at 42,664.90, the S&P 500 is up 7.21 points or 0.1 percent at 6,007.57 and the Nasdaq is up 85.37 points or 0.4 percent at 19,615.32.

The choppy trading on Wall Street comes as traders await any news of U.S.-China trade talks that in London later today that could help ease trade tensions between the two superpowers.

Beijing confirmed that Vice Premier He Lifeng wil...