How the major US stock indexes fared on Monday

How the Dow Jones industrial average and other major US stock indexes fared on Monday

The Associated Press

U.S. stocks meandered between small gains and losses Monday, cooling off after a rally that pushed the Standard & Poor's 500 index above 1,500 for the first time since December 2007. Encouraging news about manufacturing provided an early boost, but stocks fell later after a report on home sales fell short of expectations.

The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 14.05 points, or 0.1 percent, at 13,881.93.

The S&P 500 fell 2.78, or 0.2 percent, to 1,500.18.

The Nasdaq composite index added 4.59, or 0.2 percent, to 3,154.30.

For the year:

The Dow is up 777.79 points, or 5.9 percent.

The S&P 500 is up 73.99, or 5.2 percent.

The Nasdaq is up 134.79, or 4.5 percent.