NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- Stocks finished Monday mixed as the energy sector endured came under selling pressure and pending home sales reached a

two-year high

.

The

Dow Jones Industrial Average

fell 1.44 points, or 0.01%, to 12,981.51. The

S&P 500

rose 1.85 points to 1,367.59 and the

Nasdaq Composite

increased 2.41 points to 2,966.16.

Breadth within the Dow was negative with 17 of the index's 30 components posting losses.

Travelers

(TRV) - Get Report

ended the day flat.

The biggest percentage decliners in the Dow were

Hewlett-Packard

(HPQ) - Get Report

,

Boeing

(BA) - Get Report

and

Alcoa

(AA) - Get Report

.

Shares of Alcoa fell 10 cents to $10.33.

TheStreet Ratings

gives Alcoa a

C- grade

and hold rating.

Hewlett-Packard shares dropped 1.31% to $26.29. The technology company is working on a Windows 8 tablet with chips from both

ARM Holdings

(ARMH)

and

Intel

(INTC) - Get Report

, according to

CNET

.

HP gets a

C grade

and hold rating from

TheStreet Ratings

.

Shares of Boeing fell 1.09% to $75.23.

TheStreet Ratings

gives Boeing an A- grade with a buy rating and

$87.61

price target.

The biggest percentage gainers among the blue chips were

American Express

(AXP) - Get Report

,

Bank of America

(BAC) - Get Report

and

J.P. Morgan Chase

(JPM) - Get Report

. All of these stocks rose more than 1%.

--

Written by Alexandra Zendrian in New York

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