Here's Where the New Year's Stock Market Celebration Was on Monday

The stock market's first trading day of 2021 was just as muted as many people's socially distanced New Year's parties, and for much the same reasons. Market participants were nervous about the potential that the COVID-19 pandemic might linger far further into 2021 than originally hoped, especially given the slow pace of rolling out vaccines to fight the coronavirus.

By the end of the session, stocks were off their lows, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) were all down between 1% and 1.5% on the day.

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