US stocks fell on Monday, ending a seven-day rally, after Citigroup Inc, said its second-quarter profit missed analysts' forecasts, but a rise in quarterly operating income at International Business Machines Corp may renew investors' enthusiasm for equities.
Citigroup, the world's largest financial services company, slid 3.1 percent to $45 on the New York Stock Exchange.
But shares of industrial companies like heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar Inc, which are seen as proxies for the economy, rose when oil prices dropped. Caterpillar gained 0.3 percent to $50.82.
After a week when the S&P 500 set a four-year high and the Nasdaq reached its highest point for the year, investor enthusiasm waned a bit.
The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 65.84 points, or 0.62 percent, to end at 10,574.99. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index declined 6.79 points, or 0.55 percent, to finish at 1,221.13. The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 11.91 points, or 0.55 percent, to close at 2,144.87. After the closing bell, technology bellwether IBM reported its second-quarter operating income rose after excluding the effects of job cuts, a legal settlement with Microsoft and the sale of its personal computers business.
IBM's shares jumped in after-hours trading to $84 on the Inet electronic brokerage network, after closing at $81.81, down 0.7 percent, or 57 cents, on the NYSE.
Two exchange-traded funds, the S&P Depository Receipts and the Nasdaq 100 Trust, viewed as proxies for the Standard & Poor's 500 and Nasdaq 100 indexes, both rose by about a quarter of a percent in after-hours trading following IBM's better-than-expected earnings.
During the regular session, shares of airline companies also gained as oil prices slipped. Delta Air Lines Inc advanced 1.8 percent, or 7 cents, to $3.92, while the stock of American Airlines operator AMR Corp added 2.4 percent, or 32 cents, to $13.88.
Crude oil futures slumped on NYMEX as Hurricane Emily lost some strength over Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula after shutting much of that country's oil production. NYMEX August crude fell 77 cents to settle at $57.32 a barrel.
On a busy earnings day, Bank of America Corp, the No 2 US bank, topped expectations, but narrowing margins caused lending income to decline from the first quarter. Bank of America fell 2 percent, or 90 cents, to $45.08.
During late afternoon trading, Citigroup's stock extended declines after CNBC television network reported that Citigroup's Chairman Sanford "Sandy" Weill will announce his retirement this week. Citigroup denied the report. Its stock recovered back to about where it was, still down for the day.
Charles Schwab Corp jumped 5 percent, or 63 cents, to $13.37 after the largest US discount brokerage said quarterly profit rose.
Shares of appliance maker Maytag Corp shot higher after the company said its board would consider an unexpected $1.3 billion bid made by rival Whirlpool Corp on Sunday.
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