Wall Street closes mixed with tech gains, oil decline

NEW YORK (AA) - Wall Street closed mixed Monday as a decline in crude oil prices was balanced with gains in tech stocks.

The Dow Jones lost eight points to end the day at 20,905 and the S&P fell four points to 2,373.

The Nasdaq, however, added less than a point to finish at 5,901 after it reached a new high of 5,915 during trading hours.

Graphics processing units producer Nvidia saw its shares increase 3.2 percent Monday.

At the final bell, American benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was trading at $48.95 -- a 0.8 percent loss. International benchmark Brent crude was at $51.66 -- a 0.3 percent decline.