Major US indices close modestly lower to start the trading week

The major US stock indices are closing with modest losses in an up and down session. The final numbers are showing:

• Dow industrial average -39.56 points or -0.11% at 34411.68
• S&P index fell -0.9 points or -0.02% at 4391.70
• NASDAQ index -18.71 points or -0.14% 13332.37
• Russell 2000-14.84 points or -0.74% at 1990.13

Looking at the ranges for the day:

• Dow industrial average was up 0.48% at its highs and was down -0.5% is lows before closing down -0.11%
• S&P index was up 0.41% at its highs and was down -0.52% it's lows before closing near unchanged
• NASDAQ NASDAQ The Nasdaq Stock Market or NASDAQ is an American stock exchange. It trails only the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in market capitalization and is part of a network of stock markets and options exchanges.Launched back in 1971, NASDAQ is the acronym for the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations. Since then it is known simply as NASDAQ and has become one of the most influential exchanges worldwide.The NASDAQ was the world’s first electronic stock market, and has since ass The Nasdaq Stock Market or NASDAQ is an American stock exchange. It trails only the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in market capitalization and is part of a network of stock markets and options exchanges.Launched back in 1971, NASDAQ is the acronym for the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations. Since then it is known simply as NASDAQ and has become one of the most influential exchanges worldwide.The NASDAQ was the world’s first electronic stock market, and has since ass Read this Term index rose 0.47% it's highs and was down -0.97% it's lows before closing at -0.14%.

Looking at the major sectors, the biggest gainers were:

• energy rose 1.6%
• financials rose 0.7%
• technology rose 0.3%

On the downside the biggest losing sectors included:

• healthcare fell -1.1%
• consumer staples fell -0.8%
• utilities fell -0.5%