U.S. stocks closed higher on Monday, recouping earlier losses that came after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s comments at a conference Monday, which were viewed as disappointing to investors looking for aggressive interest-rate cuts from the central bank’s final two meetings this year.

Dow Jones futures edged higher overnight, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures. The September jobs report is on tap. Late Thursday, dockworkers and employers reached a tentative wage deal, ending the East Coast port strike.