NEW YORK: US stocks closed lower Monday, ending a nine-day streak of gains for the S&P 500 index as service sector activity data came in slightly better than expected.
The broad-based index fell 0.6% to 5,650.38, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 0.2% at 41,218.83.
The tech-rich Nasdaq completed the trio of declines among the major Wall Street indices, closing down 0.7% at 17,844.24.