stocks edged lower Monday after data showed that China’s economic growth slowed sharply in the third quarter, and investors weighed the risk to global growth from stickier-than-anticipated inflation, supply-chain problems and heightened demand for energy. .

The S&P 500 declined less than 0.1% after notching its best week since July last week.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost about 95 points, or 0.3%.