Stocks rose on Monday, the first trading day of the third quarter, led by strong gains in tech. But lingering concerns about the Trump administration's trade policies kept a lid on gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 35.77 points higher after dropping nearly 200 points earlier in the session, with Microsoft rising 1.4 percent. The advanced 0.3 percent to 2,726.71 with tech rising 1 percent. The Nasdaq composite rose 0.8 percent to 7,567.69 as Facebook, Amazon and Netflix all traded higher. The major indexes fell sharply earlier in the session as Wall Street grew even more worried about the spat between the U.S. and its key trade partners. “Positive fundamentals are being offset, in the short term, by the fear of negative potential fall-out from the trade drama,” said Tom Essaye, founder of The Sevens Report.

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Thursday, June 29, 2017. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images

“The actual tariffs in place (or about to be in place) don’t amount to much in global trade, and certainty won’t derail the U.S. economy,” Essaye said in a note. “But, the constant threats of something worse … is starting to have an effect because it’s going on too long, with no clear goal/end in sight.” The Trump administration is reportedly looking into drafting a bill that would allow the White House to unilaterally increase trade tariffs without congressional consent, according to an Axios report published Sunday. If legislation moves ahead, it could mean that the U.S. would be acting outside of the World Trade Organization’s policies and rules. Elsewhere, a report by the Financial Times suggested that the U.S. could receive a new round of tariffs worth as much as $300 billion, if Washington moves ahead with levies on automakers in the European Union. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross doubled down on the administration’s trade efforts, stating on Monday that President Donald Trump will not change his mind even if the stock market falls sharply on trade worries. "There's no bright line level of the stock market that's going to change policy," Ross said on " ." "The president is trying to fix long-term problems that should have been fixed a long time ago."