By STAN CHOE

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market is holding steadier on Monday following two weeks of sharp swings, but that’s masking sharp moves underneath the surface ahead of big-time reports coming later in the week.

The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged and sitting just a bit below its all-time high set late last month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 54 points, or 0.1%, as of 11:45 a.m. Eastern time, while the Nasdaq composite was 0.1% higher.

Alphabet was the strongest force pushing upward on the market. It rose 4.5% in the first chance for traders to buy its stock since Berkshire Hathaway said it built a $4.34 billion ownership stake in Google’s parent company. Berkshire Hathaway, run by famed investor Warren Buffett, is notorious for trying to buy stocks only when th

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