US stocks closed little changed on Monday after rising dramatically the week before and a decline in the technology sector offset a steep rise in financial stocks as investors bet on higher interest rates.

    After choppy trading late in the session, the Dow ended at a record high while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite dipped. The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 21.03 points, or 0.11%, to 18,868.69. 

    The S&P 500 lost 0.25 points, or 0.01%, to 2,164.2. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 18.72 points, or 0.36%, to 5,218.40.