3:30 pm : Soft commodities and grains led the way higher for the CRB Commodities Index. Both groups posted +1.9% gains. March corn rallied for 3.8% to settle at $5.69 per bushel. March sugar rebounded, modestly, from last week's sizeable sell off as it gained 3.1% to finish at $0.2703 per pound.

Dec gold ended marginally higher at $1368.70 per ounce, while Dec silver also closed just above the flat line at $25.95 per ounce. Neither precious metal had a very eventful session.

Dec crude oil closed lower by 0.02% to $84.85 per barrel, in what was a very mundane start to the week. Dec natural gas gained 1.3% to $3.84 per MMBtu. It bounced of its intraday lows, at $3.71, to retrace its morning sell off and finish in positive territory, end its recent 3-session sell off. DJ30 +21.72 NASDAQ -2.39 SP500 -0.23 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1542/1.5 bln/1065 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1611/580.9 mln/1332

3:00 pm : The stock market's recent pullback was stopped when buyers stepped in at the 1202 line to provide support. The bounce off of that line has only been modest, though.

Treasuries have come under increased pressure in recent trade. The benchmark 10-year Note is now down more than a full point so that its yield is up to 2.92%, which makes for its highest level since August. DJ30 +51.77 NASDAQ +6.63 SP500 +3.77 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1708/1.38 bln/893 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1833/520 mln/1119

2:30 pm : Stocks have are on the backslide again. That has halved the broader market's gain. Still, financials remain a key source of support -- they are up 1.1%.

Pressure against materials has picked up, however. The sector is now back in the red with a 0.3% loss.