NASDAQ Hikes to Start Week



Stocks were mixed Monday as Wall Street braced for major earnings reports and monitored the state of the postelection rally.

The Dow Jones Industrials fell 76.53 points to 43,368.46.

The S&P 500 recouped 20.07 points to 5,890.69.

The NASDAQ Composite zoomed 147.28 points to 18,827.40, as Tesla gained 7%. The electric vehicle maker rose after Bloomberg News reported, citing sources, that President-elect Donald Trump’s team is working on ways to ease regulation on self-driving vehicles.

Prices for the 10-year Treasury swooned, raising yields to 4.45% from Friday’s 4.44%. Treasury prices and yields move in opposite directions.

Oil prices muscled higher $1.82 to $68.84 U.S. a barrel.

Prices for gold jumped $43.00 an ounce to $2,613.10 U.S.

NASDAQ Hikes to Start Week