Shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B shed 0.95% to $452.16 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.07% to 5,906.94 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.

The stock market ticked higher to begin its final trading day of 2024. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 121 points, or 0.3%. The S&P 500 was up 0.3%. The Nasdaq Composite was up 0.4%. “While the tone is positive,

This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains.

Stocks opened higher in the final session of 2024 but quickly ran out of steam. At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.07% at 42,544, the S&P 500 was off 0.4% to 5,881, and the Nasdaq Composite was 0.