The Dow zoomed up 120 points right out the gate which started a steady sell off in the tech sector that lasted all day for the index to close almost even with a slight 14 point gain.  It seems tech is up and down from one day to the next these days but it’s still the strongest market driver out there while oil continues the opposite effect.  But as money goes out of tech from time to time it just goes into other more defensive sectors so the end result is a wash.  Depending on who you read, it’s either profit taking or sector rotation.  However, if it’s the latter it seems to be switching every other day.  The 6.4 billion share volume was below recent averages which it would be while everyone sits on the fence.   

BUSINESS NEWS | Mon Jun 26, 2017 | 4:38pm EDT

S&P 500, Dow edge up; tech weighs on Nasdaq

By Sinead Carew

DJ: 21,409.55  +14.79      NAS: 6,247.15  -18.10       S&P: 2,439.07  +0.77      6/26

(Reuters)  The S&P 500 and the Dow barely rose on Monday as gains were offset by a fall in technology stocks, which pushed the Nasdaq lower as investors turned to more defensive sectors.  The slow-growing, high-dividend S&P utilities .SPLRCU and telecommunications .SPLRCL were the best performers among the 11 S&P sectors.

Technology .SPLRCT was the weakest sector, with a 0.6 percent decline. The sector been under pressure recently due to stretched valuations.

"The bond market is signaling an economic slowing," said Paul Nolte, portfolio manager at Kingsview Asset Management in Chicago. "That's why you're seeing defensive names like utilities do well, because equity investors are buying more in line with what that bond market is saying."

The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 14.79 points, or 0.07 percent, to 21,409.55, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 0.77 point, or 0.03 percent, to 2,439.07 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 18.10 points, or 0.29 percent, to 6,247.15.

A fall in Microsoft (MSFT.O), Amazon (AMZN.O) and Alphabet (GOOGL.O) weighed most on the S&P 500, as well as on the Nasdaq.

"It's simply profit-taking going into the end of the quarter. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see that reversed in early July with the thought that we're going to see some strong earnings," said Tim Ghriskey, chief investment officer of Solaris Asset Management in New York.

The utilities sector was the S&P's best performer, with a 0.8 percent rise, while the four-company telecommunications services sector index was next with a 0.6 percent gain.

"If people are coming out of tech the money just rotates into the other sectors. There's not much driving the tape as there's not much news out there," said Michael O’Rourke, chief market strategist at JonesTrading in Greenwich, Connecticut.

The S&P energy .SPNY ended 0.2 percent lower as gains in oil prices were limited by rising crude supply in the United States and other countries.

A recent drop in oil prices has spurred concerns about low inflation, which remains below the Federal Reserve's 2 percent target rate.

The Fed raised rates this month for the second time this year and has indicated it could raise them again. But futures imply only a 50 percent chance of another rate hike by December.

The S&P financial index .SPSY rose 0.5 percent after New York Fed President William Dudley and San Francisco Fed President John Williams generally brushed off weak data and stuck by their plans to keep hiking rates.

Monday's data showed new orders for U.S.-made capital goods unexpectedly fell in May, with non-defense orders excluding aircraft - a closely watched proxy for business spending plans - dropping 0.2 percent.

Economists polled by Reuters had expected a rise of 0.3 percent.

Shares in Hertz Global Holdings (HTZ.N) closed up 13.5 percent at $10.83 after a report that Apple Inc APPL.O is leasing a small fleet of cars from the rental company to test self-driving technology. Apple shares ended 0.3 percent lower.

Advancing issues outnumbered declining ones on the NYSE by a 1.88-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 1.19-to-1 ratio favored advancers.

About 6.42 billion shares changed hands on U.S. exchanges compared with the 7.2 billion average for the last 20 sessions.