Monday's Market Movers

Monday's trading saw a wide disconnect between defensive stocks and commodity stocks. The S&P 500's energy sector was down 1.16% while the consumer staples sector posted a 1.51% gain. In all, 280 stocks advanced and 218 declined. Below are the ten S&P sectors and their impact on the market; subscribers to Birinyi's mini-institutional service also receive details on the impact of top and bottom ten stocks in the index. For example, PG was responsible for 15.37% of the S&P's 2.3 point gain, while BAC's decline subtracted 0.45 index points.