U.S. market indexes were lower Monday.
For the day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 20,954.34 for a loss of 51.37 points or 0.24%. The Standard & Poor's 500 closed at 2,375.31 for a loss of 7.81 points or 0.33%. The Nasdaq Composite closed at 5,849.17 for a loss of 21.58 points or 0.37%. The VIX Volatility Index was higher for the day at 11.24 for a gain of 0.28 points or 2.55%.
Monday’s market movers
The leading economic report affecting market trading on Monday was factory orders. which increased 1.2% in January.
Financial stocks led losses for the day. In the Dow Jones Industrial Average Travelers (TRV, Financial) was down 1.46% and JPMorgan (JPM, Financial) was lower by 0.95%.
Small-cap stocks
In small-caps, the Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,384.25 for a loss of 9.88 points or 0.71%. The S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 843.33 for a loss of 6.05 points or 0.71%. The Dow Jones Small-Cap Growth TSM Index closed at 8,270.36 for a loss of 55.03 points or 0.66%. The Dow Jones Small-Cap Value TSM Index closed at 9,744.47 for a loss of 65.81 points or 0.67%.
Other notable indexes
Other notable index closes included the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index at 1,728.41 for a loss of 11.09 points or 0.64%; the S&P 100 Index at 1,054.01 for a loss of 2.83 points or 0.27%; the Russell 3000 Index at 1,408.13 for a loss of 5.42 points or 0.38%; the Russell 1000 Index at 1,316.91 for a loss of 4.71 points or 0.36%; and the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index at 658.95 for a loss of 2.61 points or 0.39%.
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