US stocks mixed

Wall Street turned in a mixed performance today as investors watched the price of oil regain ground and decided to cash in some of their gains from the stock market’s big rally last week.

While the stock market’s major benchmarks showed modest losses, the number of stocks advancing outpaced decliners by about 2 to 1 on the New York Mercantile Exchange, and by about 4 to 3 on the Nasdaq Stock Market.