How the major stock indexes fared Monday (AP)

NEW YORK – Stocks pulled back Monday as traders retreated from a rally that brought indexes to their highest levels since the peak of the financial crisis in September 2008. Financial companies were down the most among the 10 industry groups that make up the S&P 500 index. Technology, energy and materials companies were the only groups in the index to show meager gains.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 37.24, or 0.3 percent, to 11,406.84.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 2.60, or 0.2 percent, to 1,223.25.

The Nasdaq composite index rose 1.07, or 0.04 percent, to 2,580.05.

For the year:

The Dow is up 978.79, or 9.4 percent.

The S&P is up 108.15, or 9.7 percent.

The Nasdaq is up 310.90, or 13.7 percent.


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