Wall Street closes mixed with oil gains, tech loss

Crude prices up almost 2 percent

By Ovunc Kutlu

NEW YORK (AA) - Wall Street closed mixed on Monday as tech companies posted losses, but oil prices increased.

The Dow added 129 points to finish the day at 21,479 and the S&P rose five points to 2,429.

The Nasdaq, however, lost 30 points to end trading at 6,110.

Google's parent company Alphabet and Amazon each lost more than 1 percent.

Crude prices, on the other hand, gained nearly 2 percent.

At the final bell, American benchmark West Texas Intermediate was trading at $46.98 per barrel -- up 1.9 percent, while Brent crude was at $49.57 -- up 1.7 percent.

The stock market will be closed on Tuesday due to Independence Day in the U.S.

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