S&P 500 ends with slight gain; tech weighs

Reuters
A street sign for Wall Street is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., December 28, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/Files

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Dow closed up slightly Monday but a fall in technology stocks nudged the Nasdaq lower as investors turned to more defensive sectors.

Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) rose 15.13 points, or 0.07 percent, to 21,409.89, the S&P 500 (.SPX) gained 0.76 points, or 0.03 percent, to 2,439.06 and the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC) dropped 18.10 points, or 0.29 percent, to 6,247.15.

(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Nick Zieminski)