Stocks drifted to a mixed close as Wall Street’s wild recent moves calm a bit.
The S&P 500 rose 0.2 percent Monday. The Dow added 34 points, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.3 percent.
More stocks fell than rose. The flashpoint for the stock market’s movements in both directions has been what the bond market is doing, and it regressed a bit Monday following its own extreme moves. Crude prices rose after big oil-producing countries said they’d keep production cuts in place.
On Monday:
The S&P 500 rose 7.64 points, or 0.2 percent, to 4,365.98.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 34.54 points, or 0.1 percent, to 34,095.86.
The Nasdaq composite rose 40.50 points, or 0.3 percent, to 13,518.78.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 22.77 points, or 1.3 percent to 1,737.94.
For the year:
The S&P 500 is up 526.48 points, or 13.7 percent.
The Dow is up 948.61 points, or 2.9 percent.
The Nasdaq is up 3,052.30 points, or 29.2 percent.
The Russell 2000 is down 23.31 points, or 1.3 percent.
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