Nasdaq adds 50 points Monday, Dow Jones dives 344

NEW YORK, New York - An escalation of Israel's offensives in Gaza and Lebanon over the weekend, and continuing into Monday, undermined global stock markets Monday, together with uncertainty over the U.S. elections.

"Between the combination of escalating or still-high Middle East tensions, and we're only a handful of days away from the Nov. 5 U.S. election, it could be that the market is getting nervous ahead of t