U.S. stocks erase their gains as investors wait for the new corporate earnings season

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Source: Dukascopy Bank SA
U.S. equities dropped on Monday as investors stepped back to the side lines, awaiting the beginning of the new corporate earnings season starting on Tuesday. The S&P index tumbled 0.3% to 1,461.89 after closing at its highest since 2007 last week. All but two sectors declined in the gauge. Celgene Corp, global bio-pharmaceutical company, was the best performer with its shares rallying 4.4% and triggering an increase in the health care group that gained 0.35%. Windstream Corporation, in turn, added 3.8% to $9.67, pacing gains in the best-performing telecommunications sector. Further losses in consumer services sector were halted by Amazon.com that surged 3.6% after Morgan Stanley upgraded the company's rating. Meanwhile, First Solar shares erased 6.6% to $31.37, prompting a 0.31% decline in the technology sector, while Tesoro Corp paced losses in the oil and gas sector by losing 5.5%. Furthermore, QEP Resources Inc. also lifted a drop in oil and gas shares by tumbling 5.1% to $29.78. Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. lost 4.1% to $28.01 after its share was downgraded to underweight by JPMorgan.

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