How major US stock market indexes fared on Monday

U.S. stock indexes nudged higher in a calm day of trading Monday following the weekend’s presidential election in France, which had the potential to upset global markets. The candidate who was in favour of keeping France in the European Union and in the euro currency won, to the relief of investors who feared the alternative would have hurt global trade.

On Monday:

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 0.09 points, or less than 0.1 per cent, to 2,399.38.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 5.34 points, or less than 0.1 per cent, to 21,012.28.

The Nasdaq composite rose 1.90 points, or less than 0.1 per cent, to 6,102.66.

The Russell 2000 index of small-company stocks fell 5.36 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 1,391.64.

For the year:

The S&P 500 is up 160.55 points, or 7.2 per cent.

The Dow is up 1,249.68 points, or 6.3 per cent.

The Nasdaq is up 719.54 points, or 13.4 per cent.

The Russell 2000 is up 34.51 points, or 2.5 per cent.