Wall Street mixed Monday, Dow Jones drops 129 points

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks were mixed on Monday as investors grappled with what lies ahead pending the upcoming changing of the guard in Washington. The Stan dard and Poor's 500 and Nasdaq Composite made gains, while the Dow Jones index took a breather.

"We're seeing a market that's in a seasonably strong period just creep higher," saidRick Meckler, partner at Cherry Lane Investments, a family investment of