US stocks dip and bond yields set four-year highs
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are lower Monday after an early gain faded. Technology companies are taking some of the biggest losses. Bond prices continue to fall and the yield on the 10-year Treasury note is getting close to 3 percent, a milestone it hasn't reached since January 2014. That's pushing the price of gold and silver down, while aluminum producers are sinking after the Treasury Department moved to ease sanctions against Russian aluminum company Rusal.
KEEPING SCORE: The S&P 500 index lost 7 points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,663 as of 2:22 p.m. Eastern time. It rose as much as 12 points before middaThe Dow Jones industrial average fell 102 points, or 0.4 percent, to 24,360. The Nasdaq composite gave up 30 points, or 0.