Stocks Remain Modestly Lower; Bonanza Creek Falls
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:04 PM EST
Stocks continued to hold modest losses in dull, pre-Christmas trading Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average, Nasdaq and S&P 500 were each off 0.3%. Turnover was tracking drastically lower on both major exchanges. Friday's quadruple witching made for a tough comparison. Also, volume tends to dry up before holidays. The market will close at 1 p.m. ET. Leaders moving up or down in active volume were scarce. Bonanza Creek Energy (BCEI) dropped 2%