U.S. stocks finished mixed on Monday, with no economic data reported for the day's session. In world markets, European stocks ended higher, as both the DAX in Germany and the FTSE 100 in Britain rose 0.2 percent. Asian markets finished mixed, as the Nikkei in Japan fell 0.7 percent and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong rose 0.4 percent. Meanwhile, credit agency Standard & Poor's downgraded its rating on Greece to "CCC." Letter designations represent the quality of a bond. Bond ratings below BBB/Baa are considered to be not investment grade. The U.S. dollar fell versus the euro and versus the yen. Light sweet crude oil for July delivery fell $1.99 to $97.30 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold futures fell $13.60 to $1,515.60 an ounce. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 1.1, or 0.01 percent, to 11,952.97, as J.P. Morgan Chase and Bank of America both rose more than 1 percent. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 0.85, or 0.1 percent, to 1,271.83. Sears Holdings was the second-best performing stock, rising more than 5 percent. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index fell 4.04, or 0.2 percent, to 2,639.69.
