AlQa'dah 14, 1435, September 09, 2014, SPA -- U.S. stocks mostly fell on Monday, bringing the Standard & Poor's 500 index down after a record five weeks of gains. In U.S. economic news, the government said 142,000 jobs were created last month, far less than the 225,000 jobs economists expected. The Federal Reserve (Fed) said that U.S. consumer spending increased The U.S. dollar rose against major global currencies. Light sweet crude oil for October delivery rose 63 cents to $92.66 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while gold futures fell $13.00 to $1,254.30 an ounce. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 25.94, or 0.2 percent, to 17,111.42. The broader S&P 500 index fell 6.17, or 0.3 percent, to 2,001.54. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 9.39, or 0.2 percent, to 4,592.29.
