us stocks finished higher on monday while the sp 500 and nasdaq composite capped off july by recording their fifthstraight month in the green the longest winning streak in roughly two years for both indexes the sp 500 spx gained 692 points or 02 to finish monday at 458915 according to preliminary closing data from factset for the month of july the largecap index increased by 3 the nasdaq composite comp gained 2937 points or 02 to 1434602 bringing its july advance to 22 the dow jones industrial average rose by djia 10057 points or 03 to 3555986 notching a 48 increase for the month in another notable move the sp 500 information technology sector gained 24 in july to rise for the 7th straight month the longest such streak since august 2014