Major US stock indexes ended the session in different directions, as losses in the health sector slowed the strongest start of the year on Wall Street in a decade, and important statistics that could influence the mood of market participants were not published.

Oil prices rose slightly, approaching 3-year highs. Support for oil has a small decrease in the number of drilling rigs in the US and a steady decline in OPEC production, while price increases were limited to strengthening the US dollar. Oil service company Baker Hughes reported on Friday that from December 30 to January 5, the number of active drilling rigs for oil production in the US fell by 5 pieces, to 742 units. The number of installations for gas production has not changed, amounting to 182 units. Meanwhile, the total number of drilling rigs (gas and oil) decreased by 5 units, to 924 units.

Gradually, the focus of investors' attention shifts to the quarterly results of JPMorgan (JPM), Wells Fargo (WFC) and BlackRock (BLK), which will be released on Friday, and will start the corporate reporting season in the US.

Most components of the DOW index recorded a decline (17 out of 30). Outsider were shares UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH, -1.70%). Caterpillar Inc. was the growth leader. (CAT, + 2.56%).

Most sectors of the S & P index finished trading in positive territory. The utilities sector grew most (+ 0.7%). The health sector showed the greatest decline (-0.5%).

At closing:

DJIA -0.05% 25.282.93 -12.94

Nasdaq + 0.29% 7.157.39 +20.83

S & P + 0.17% 2,747.70 +4.55

U.S. stock-index futures fell slightly on Monday, dragged down by banking names.

Global Stocks:

Nikkei -

Hang Seng 30,899.53 +84.89 +0.28%

Shanghai 3,410.00 +18.25 +0.54%

S&P/ASX 6,130.40 +8.10 +0.13%

FTSE 7,712.77 -11.45 -0.15%

CAC 5,485.36 +14.61 +0.27%

DAX 13,353.96 +34.32 +0.26%

Crude $61.66 (+0.36%)

Gold $1,321.20 (-0.08%)

(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)

Caterpillar (CAT) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan

United Tech (UTX) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman

European stock markets rose for a third straight day on Friday, tracking the global equity rally that has sent U.S. stocks to fresh records and Japanese shares to a 26-year high. Car maker shares were again among the biggest advancers after some broker upgrades, handing the sector its best week since July 2016.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Friday rallied by more than 200 points, putting the benchmark a quarter of the way from breaching 26,000, just 24 hours after marking a round-number milestone at 25,000. The Dow DJIA, +0.88% was up about 220 points, or 0.9%, at 25,294, with the S&P 500 index SPX, +0.70% rising 0.7% at 2,742 and the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, +0.83% climbing by 0.8% at 7,136.

Asian shares were mixed on Monday, following the strong lead from Wall Street in the last session. With few data releases expected during the session, many investors awaited earnings releases from regional corporates later in the week.

(index / closing price / change items /% change)

Nikkei +208.20 23714.53 +0.89%

TOPIX +16.52 1880.34 +0.89%

Hang Seng +78.16 30814.64 +0.25%

CSI 300 +9.94 4138.75 +0.24%

Euro Stoxx 50 +38.75 3607.63 +1.09%

FTSE 100 +28.34 7724.22 +0.37%

DAX +151.75 13319.64 +1.15%

CAC 40 +57.06 5470.75 +1.05%

DJIA +220.74 25295.87 +0.88%

S&P 500 +19.16 2743.15 +0.70%

NASDAQ +58.64 7136.56 +0.83%

S&P/TSX -63.50 16349.44 -0.39%