Worries that Washington may not be able to help businesses as much as once thought knocked stock indexes down hard early on Monday, but they clawed back most of their losses and ended the day mixed.

Financial stocks dragged Wall Street lower today as traders worried that last week’s rally was overdone.

Wall Street retrenched today, closing sharply lower as investors showed their cautious side and cashed in profits from the market's best week in nearly five years.

A volatile Wall Street advanced today for the second day in a row, as investors found renewed confidence in a report that Bank of America is close to buying struggling mortgage lender Countrywide Financial.