Stock Market Today: Wall Street Slips After Tepid Report on Economy

A trader looks over his cell phone outside the New York Stock Exchange in the financial district of Manhattan in New York on Sept. 14, 2022. Mary Altaffer/AP Photo

NEW YORK—U.S. stocks drifted lower Monday to start what could be a quiet stretch following their best week since March.

The S&P 500 lost 8.58 points, or 0.2 percent, to 4,273.79. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 199.90, or 0.6 percent, to 33,562.86, while the Nasdaq composite slipped 11.34, or 0.1 percent, to 13,229.43.