Stock Market Today: Stocks Start the Week Sluggishly, But Earnings Await
by Kyle Woodley
Oct 11, 2021
2 minutes
The stock market was indeed open for Columbus Day, but it sure didn't do much. Equities were mixed for most of Monday amid a slow news day with no significant economic data.
U.S. crude oil prices tagged $84.60 per barrel at one point -- their highest price since late 2014 -- before settling at $83.78, up 2.0%. Although the bump in crude prices helped oil stocks such as (, +3.1%) and (, +2.5%), the energy sector actually finished 0.4% in the red.
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