U.S. stocks traded mixed midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index falling over 100 points on Monday.

The Dow traded down 0.21% to 52,036.64 while the NASDAQ climbed 0.79% to 25,720.74.

The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.40% to 7,487.38.

Leading and Lagging Sectors Communication services shares jumped by 1.7% on Monday.

In trading on Monday, financial stocks fell by 0.4%.