Stocks closed broadly lower after a day of choppy trading on Wall Street Monday as investors prepare for a busy week of corporate earnings and inflation updates. The major indexes made early gains, but slowly fizzled as the day progressed. The S&P 500 fell 30.15 points, or 0.7 percent, to 4,361.19. The benchmark index gained as much as 0.6 percent in the early going. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 250.19 points, or 0.7 percent, to 34,496.06 and the Nasdaq shed 93.34 points, or 0.6 percent, to 14,486.20. Technology and communications stocks had some of the biggest losses. Facebook fell 1.4 percent and Intuit fell 1.1 percent. Most sectors ended in the red. Real estate stocks, which are seen as relatively less risky, were among the few bright spots within the S&P 500. Bond trading was closed for the Columbus Day holiday. The price of U.S. crude oil rose 1.5 …