S&P 500 ends with slight gain; tech weighs

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Dow closed up slightly Monday but a fall in technology stocks nudged the Nasdaq lower as investors turned to more defensive sectors.

Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones Industrial Average <.DJI> rose 15.13 points, or 0.07 percent, to 21,409.89, the S&P 500 <.SPX> gained 0.76 points, or 0.03 percent, to 2,439.06 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 18.10 points, or 0.29 percent, to 6,247.15.

(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Nick Zieminski)