How The Major Stock Indexes Fared On Monday

Investors are fearing they may have bet too soon on an economic comeback. Stocks ended mostly lower Monday as drops in prices for oil and other commodities had investors worrying again that demand for basic materials may remain slack. The major market indexes closed mixed but off of their lows for the day.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 44.13, or 0.5 percent, to 8,324.87.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 2.30, or 0.3 percent, to 898.72.

The Nasdaq composite index fell 9.12, or 0.5 percent, to 1,787.40.

For the year:

The Dow is down 451.52, or 5.1 percent.

The S&P is down 4.53, or 0.5 percent.

The Nasdaq is up 210.37, or 13.3 percent.