Nasdaq ekes out Monday gain, while Dow industrials close down 33 points

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch)
Blue-chip stocks closed lower Monday, ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's speech at a Fed retreat later this week, while gains in shares of Apple Inc. helped lift the Nasdaq Composite
The Dow industrials closed down 33 points, or 0.3%, at 13,124.67
The Nasdaq Composite  rose 3.4 points, or 0.1%, to 3,073.19, with shares of Apple up 1.9%
The S&P 500  slipped 0.7 point to 1,410.44
"Looks like a confused market, as bond prices rise signaling fear, but small-cap stocks continue their outperformance signaling the opposite," said Michael Gayed, chief investment strategist at Pension Partners LLC
"The world waits for SuperBen and the League of Extraordinary Bankers to put on their suits Friday morning