Year-End Rally Prospects Sputter As Indexes Falter; Nvidia Slides, Tesla Dives

After rising in action shortened last week by the Christmas Day holiday, the stock market gave back gains Monday as the historical period for a potential Santa Claus rally progressed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5%, or 250 points, while the benchmark S&P 500 lost 0.4%. The tech-dominated Nasdaq composite suffered a loss of 0.5%. “(The) bull market continues,…