Business news for Mon, 31 Dec 2007 & with words stocks+wall. 10 news.

US stocks fell on Monday, but the market managed to make a modest advance in 2007 after gains in energy and technology offset the dramatic sell-off in financials from the mortgage market meltdown.

FT.com - US stocks finished a tumultuous year lower on Monday, amid thin volume, as investors digested fresh data on the housing market.

US stocks finished a tumultuous year lower, amid thin volume, as investors digested fresh data on the housing market.

Stocks fizzled Monday, limping through the last trading day of 2007 but will close the year with respectable gains.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc and Merrill Lynch & Co were the world's top underwriters of stocks and bonds in 2007, measured by volume and reported fees, despite being at the epicenter of the global credit crisis.

Stocks that were moving substantially or trading heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:

FT.com - US stocks pared earlier losses but remained in negative territory in mid-morning trade on Monday, the last trading day of the year, as investors digested fresh data on the housing market.

Paris-based Publicis Groupe led a tumble in European media stocks this morning, following a negative report on the sector from a big Wall Street securities firm. Shares of Publicis were off 1.2% to $37.89, following the release of the report from Citigroup's equity research team.

Stocks looked poised for a slightly higher on the last trading day of the year as investors awaited the latest reading on the housing market.

NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks headed for a largely flat open Monday as investors awaited a report on home sales and looked to close a volatile and difficult year.