Broad Market Indicators

Broad-market exchange-traded funds IWM and IVV were mixed with the latter edging higher. Actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) gained 0.2%.

US equity indexes traded mixed after midday on Monday after purchasing managers' indexes for manufacturing and services slowed and top Federal Reserve officials lay down their paths for monetary easing.

Energy

iShares US Energy ETF (IYE) and Energy Select Sector SPDR (XLE) each rose about 0.3%.

Technology

Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) dipped 0.1%; iShares US Technology ETF (IYW) and iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF (IGM) were lower.

SPDR S&P Semiconductor (XSD) and iShares Semiconductor (SOXX) were edging higher.

Financial

Financial Select Sector SPDR (XLF) fell 0.1%. Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) eased 0.1% and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was up 0.1%.

Commodities

Crude was down 1.9%; United States Oil Fund (USO) lost 2.2%. Natural gas added 6.1%, and the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) edged up 3.8%.

Gold gained 0.2% on Comex, and SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) rose 0.3%. Silver was 1.8% lower, and iShares Silver Trust (SLV) shed 1.6%.

Consumer

Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR (XLP) was up 0.7%; Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC) and iShares Dow Jones US Consumer Goods (IYK) were higher.

Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR (XLY) rose 0.8%; retail fund VanEck Vectors Retail ETF (RTH) and SPDR S&P Retail (XRT) were mixed with the latter trading lower.

Health Care

Health Care Select Sector SPDR (XLV) was down 0.2%; iShares US Healthcare (IYH) and Vanguard Health Care ETF (VHT) were lower. iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology ETF (IBB) declined 1.2%.

Industrial

Select Sector SPDR-Industrial (XLI) added 0.6%. Vanguard Industrials (VIS) and iShares US Industrials (IYJ) were higher.