Business news for Mon, 31 Dec 2007 & with words lost+rose. 2 news.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- U.S. closed lower on Monday but notched gains for 2007, led by the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the last day of trading down 101 points, or 0.8%, at 13,264.82, the S&P 500 Index fell 10 points, or 0.7%, to 1,468.33, and the Nasdaq Composite lost 22 points, or 0.8%, to end at 2,652.28. For the year, the Nasdaq climbed 9.8%, the blue-chip index rose 6.4%, and the broader index gained 3.5%.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures fell for the first time in six days on Monday, as the dollar, which tends to move in the opposite direction of gold, rose for the first day in six against a basket of major currencies. Gold futures for February delivery lost $3.7, or 0.4%, to $839 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It fell to an intraday lower of $836.1 earlier. The dollar index, which tracks the value of the greenback against a basket of major currencies, moved up for the first time in six days. The dollar also gained against the euro.