Indices closed out slightly mixed on Monday. The Dow shed some points. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended fractionally in green territory. After hitting all-time record levels last week, market action was flat today on Wall Street. Moves were mixed despite the release of respectable retail sales data. The Commerce Department said sales ticked up 0.1% in April after slipping by a revised 0.5% in March. Economists were expecting retail sales to dip by 0.3% in April. Meanwhile, in ratings moves, FBR Capital boosted Cisco to Market Perform from Underperform and Lazard Capital lifted Johnson Controls to Buy from Neutral. Elsewhere, crude oil futures fell 87 cents to settle at $95.17 a barrel.
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