US stocks closed lower on Monday as investors found few reasons to keep pushing shares higher following an extended rally that took major indexes to a string of records and lifted major indexes for three straight weeks.

    The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.28% fell 54.24 points, or 0.3%, to close at 19,097.90.     The S&P 500 SPX, -0.53% dropped 11.63 points, or 0.5%, to finish at 2,201.72. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -0.56% shed 30.11 points, or 0.6%, to close at 5,368.81.