By Ovunc Kutlu
NEW YORK (AA) - The stock market closed mixed Monday on a shaky day for retail stocks.
With Amazon's once-a-year Prime Day just hours away, investors took the opportunity to focus on the e-commerce.
At the final bell, the company’s shares were up 1.8 percent, before its 30-hour long Prime Day kicks off at 9 p.m. EST (0100GMT) that will provide discounts on thousands of products.
Other major retailers, however, including Costco and Walmart, saw their shares decline 2 percent and 2.8 percent, respectively.
As a result, the Dow closed flat, down 5 points to 21,408.
The S&P added 2 points to end the day at 2,427 and the Nasdaq increased 23 points to finish at 6,176.