What Happened in the Stock Market Today

What Happened in the Stock Market Today

Stocks seesawed between negative and positive territory on Monday, with investors still trying to foresee the future of tax legislation, and company-specific news dominating the headlines.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) were negative to start the day, but ended with small gains.

Data source: Yahoo! Finance.

Interest-rate-sensitive utility stocks were the hottest sector today, and the Utilities Select SPDR ETF (NYSEMKT: XLU) rose 1.2%.

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Source: Fool.com