Blue-chip stocks fall; S&P 500 up for third day

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch)
U.S. stocks ended a low-volume session Monday with a loss for blue-chips and the third day of gains for the Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500, as some better sentiment on Greece and U.S. housing data countered rising fears about Spain
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended down 25.35 points, or 0.2%, at 12,741.82
Chevron Corp. contributed the most to the index's point loss
The S&P 500  rose 1.94 points, or 0.1%, to 1,344.78, led by homebuilder and tech stocks
The Nasdaq Composite added 22.53 points, or 0.8%, to 2,895.33
Volume was thin; 3.1 billion New York Stock Exchange-listed shares traded, or about 80% of the past month's average