U.S. stocks ended higher in quiet trade on Monday local time, because the mood to help rid the market of economic recovery increased a trade dispute between the United States and China.

Regain market decline in early trading, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 20.71 points (0.22 percent) to 9626.12 at the closing bell the bell.

The Nasdaq composite index rose 10.88 points (0.52 percent) to 2091.78 and the index Standard & Poor’s 500 increased 6.45 points (0.62 percent) to 1049.18 early closure.

Market action came as China filed complaints to the World Trade Organization (WTO) over what is alleged unfair tariffs imposed by Washington on China’s import ban.

The move was in response to the decision of U.S. President Barack Obama Friday to impose penalty tariffs on 35 percent of China’s import ban, the first trade sanctions of his presidency on the second-largest trading partner. “The prospect of a trade war with China has made traders very nervous,” said Joseph Hargett of Schaeffer’s Investment Research.

But the markets recovered amid generally positive sentiment about the
background of the overall economy.

“All the indicators are available at this stage shows that both Europe and the United States has emerged from recession in the current quarter, and thus even earlier than previously expected,” said Joachim Fels at Morgan Stanley.

“With monetary and fiscal policy super-loose, and even find more appeal than we thought, and with financial conditions continued to subside due to support asset markets, we have pushed the global growth prospects for the second half,” said Joachim Fels.