: U.S. stocks end mixed, with tech-heavy Nasdaq booking modest loss

U.S. stocks closed mixed on Monday, with the Nasdaq Composite slipping ahead of Big Tech earnings due out this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA closed around 0.2% higher, while the S&P 500 SPX edged up 0.1% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq COMP fell 0.3%, according to preliminary data from FactSet. Information technology was the S&P 500’s worst-performing sector on Monday, falling around 0.4%, preliminary data from FactSet show.

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