The Dow Jones ... spinning on the stock market today. The Dow Jones wavered back and forth throughout the session and ultimately finished 221 points higher for a 0.5% gain. But the blue-chip index held firmly below its 50-day moving average.

Stocks closed mixed on Monday, with Big Tech names paring losses as the dollar and bond yields climbed amid fading hopes for interest rate cuts ahead of this week's key consumer inflation reports. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI),