The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained Monday as the index rebounded from a five-day losing streak, while the S&P 500 also rose higher, with the two major indexes finishing the session with the first positive day in the past six session. The Nasdaq, however, slipped lower, dropping from the fourth consecutive session.

Here's how the market settled on Monday:

S&P 500 Index (SPY  ): +0.23% or +10.15 points to 4,468.73

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA  ): +0.76% or +261.91 points to 34,869.63

Nasdaq Composite Index (QQQ  ): -0.07% or -9.91 points to 15,105.58

Walmart says Litecoin partnership press release is false:

Walmart (WMT  ) spokesperson Randy Hargrove stated on Monday that a GlobeNewswire press release posted this morning announced that Walmart is entering into a partnership with the cryptocurrency Litecoin was not authentic.

Hargrove noted that the retail giant has contacted the newswire firm to investigate how the false press release got published. The news release said that Walmart was planning to accept Litecoin for payments from shoppers.

GlobeNewswire said that a fraudulent user account was used to issue the false press release, posting a "notice to disregard" the original press release.

"This has never happened before and we have already put in place enhanced authentication steps to prevent this isolated incident from occurring in the future," said a GlobeNewswire spokesperson, quoted by CNBC. "We will work with the appropriate authorities to request--and facilitate--a full investigation, including into any criminal activity associated with this matter."

Netherlands court rules Uber drivers are employees:

Uber (UBER  ) lost another labor dispute after the Court of Amsterdam in the Netherlands ruled Monday that drivers for Uber should be classified as employees, instead of self-employed independent contractors.

The Court ruled that Uber drivers are covered by an existing collective labor agreement in the Netherlands that covers taxi drivers, meaning Uber will be met with increased cost in order to comply. The Court also rejected Uber's defence of being a technology platfrom that connects people for transport, not an employer, and ordered Uber to pay 50,000 euros in costs.

The ridesharing giant has about 4,000 drivers working in its Amsterdam network.

The Dutch lawsuit was filed by the nation trad union center, FNV, last year. In a statement on Monday, FNV Vice President Zakaria Boufangacha said: "This [court ruling] shows what we have been saying for years: Uber is an employer and the drivers are employees, so Uber must adhere to the collective labor agreement for Taxi Transport. It is also a signal to The Hague that these types of constructions are illegal and that the law must therefore be enforced."

Here's how benchmarks started trading soon after market open:

S&P 500 Index: +0.71% or +31.62 points to 4,490.20

Dow Jones Industrial Average: +0.69% or +240.02 points to 34,847.74

Nasdaq Composite Index: +0.60% or +240.02 points to 34,847.74