NEW YORK -- The stock market ended a miserable year on a positive note but still closed out 2018 with its worst showing in a decade.
After setting a series of records through the late summer and early fall, major U.S. indexes fell sharply after early October, leaving them all in the red for the year on Monday.
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The S&P 500 ended the year down 6.2 percent, the Dow Jones Industrial Average 5.6 percent.
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On Monday, the S&P 500 added 21 points, or 0.8 percent, to 2,506. The gains were led by health care and technology stocks.
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The Dow added 265 points, or 1.1 percent, to 23,327. The Nasdaq rose 50 points, or 0.8 percent, to 6,635.
Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 2.68 percent.
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Trader Michael Milano works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018. (Richard Drew/AP Photo)