U.S. stocks ended lower on Monday, as investors await the too-close-to-call presidential election on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average went down 257.59 points or 0.6% to end at 41794.60, according to Dow Jones Market Data. The S&P 500 fell 16.11 points or 0.3% to close at 5712.69.

Investors will have little time to rest this week, with the next Fed policy meeting set to kick off immediately following the election.

Amid a relatively light day for economic data, the Census Bureau said this morning that orders for new manufactured goods were down by 0.5% month-over-month in September to $584.2 billion, in line with the consensus forecast. Factory orders declined by 0.8% in August and have been down four of the past five months.