although the sp 500 spx and nasdaq composite comp were rising toward fresh records in midday trading monday the stock market is technically declining as the majority of stocks are trading lower the number of declining stocks is outnumbering advancers 1610 to 1418 on the nyse and 2037 to 1752 on the nasdaq exchange volume data is more mixed however as total volume of declining stocks represented 557 of total volume on the big board while advancing volume made up 585 of total volume on the nasdaq meanwhile the sp 500 climbed 06 and the nasdaq composite rallied 08 the russell 2000 rut index of small capitalization stocks was more reflective of market breadth as it fell 03