Stocks See Mixed Finish on Wall Street

Stocks are ending mostly lower on Wall Street as losses for banks and communications companies offset gains in other sectors, the AP reports. Wells Fargo gave up 2.1% Monday and Capital One lost 1.2%. Banks were hurt by a decline in long-term bond yields, which force interest rates on loans like mortgages lower. Facebook led a decline in communications companies with a drop of 1.9%. Health care companies were broadly higher. Johnson & Johnson rose 1.8%. The S&P 500 index fell 4 points, or 0.2% to 3,020. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 28 points, or 0.12%, to 27,221. The Nasdaq fell 36 points, or 0.4%, to 8,293. Small-company stocks fell more than the rest of the market. Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 2.06%. (More stock market stories.)