Dow ends in the red for third straight session; Nasdaq finishes with gains

 

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) 
U.S. stocks finished mostly lower on Monday, as investors took a backseat ahead of the results of aluminum giant Alcoa Inc. after the close.
AT&T led blue-chip declines, its shares falling 1.8%, while other telecom shares sank ahead of Verizon's expected launch of Apple's iPhone.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average  sank 37.31 points, or 0.3%, to 11,637.45, with Alcoa shares bucking the trend, up 0.4%.
The S&P 500 index dropped 1.75 points, or 0.1%, to 1,269.75, weighed by telecom and utilities. The Nasdaq Composite rose 4.63 points, or 0.2%, to 2,707.80.
Apple shares rose 1.9%.