Dow Jones Industrial Average: Stocks sidestep relief over debt deal

The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average ended the day down about 0.1 percent. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, a broader measure of the market, and the Nasdaq composite index, heavy on technology stocks, each lost about 0.4 percent in Monday'sThe Dow Jones Industrial Average pared most of its losses, but still declined 10.75 points, or 0.09 percent, to finish at 12132.49, ending lower for the seventh-consecutive session. Home Depot The S&P 500 slipped 5.34 points, or

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