Rising technology stocks on Monday helped U.S. indexes recover some more of their holiday-season slide that bridged the new year. The S&P 500 added 0.6% for a second straight gain following five straight losses,

Shares of NVIDIA Corp. NVDA rallied 3.43% to $149.43 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.55% to 5,975.38 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 0.

The S&P 500 moved into positive territory for the month after snapping its longest losing streak since April last week.