All the major stock indicators finished in positive territory, but the gains were small.
Germany's blue chips finished in positive terrority, closing up up 2.91percentt at 4,258.
In a shift, financial stocks outperformed all other sectors of the market on Monday, and major banks finished in positive territory, with Bank of America finishing nearly 20percentt higher at $3.75 a share after reports that it would issue debt backed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Irish Woes Continue Notre Dame finally scored an offensive touchdown, and finished with positive rushing yards, but the host Irish lost, 31-14, to Michigan State to become the first team in the university's 119-year football history to lose its first four games.
Among Dow stocks only Pfizer finished in positive territory, up 0.8%.
Only nine stocks on the Fundamental Opportunity Index finished in positive territory this week.
Friday the 13th sparked some jitters on the street early, but investors shook off the spooks by the closing bell and the markets finished in positive territory.
The SPDR S&P Retail exchange-traded fund managed to buck the downward trend to gain 0.1% as names like Best Buy and Macy's finished in positive territory and offset declines from the likes of Target and Wal-Mart.
The other major banks finished in positive territory, as Bank of America gained $1.17, or 2.6%, to $45.62; Wachovia rose $1.27, or 3.0%, to $43.20; and Washington Mutual shares picked up $1.05, or 4.5%, to $24.23.
Vancouver produced the better opportunities on the night and found no one to finish their positive play.
