west texas crude gained 3%, and finished at a one-month high of $45.35 a barrel. commodity shares bought a boost and oils gain in turn was fueled by last week's signals that major producers may cap production. here are the final stock market numbers for a low volume but record-setting monday in august. the dow rose 60 to finish at 18,636. the nasdaq was up 0.6 of a percent or 29 points, outperforming the dow and the s&p to close the day at 5262 and the s&p 500 jumped 6 to 2190. >>> this melt-up has been slow and steady. some might even call it boring. but as mike santoli tells us, some want to know if this is the calm before anothe >> the stock market's recent move to record highs has been unusually subdued. by some measures, the past month has seen the calmest market in 75 years. that's based o narrow trading range. in all but two days in the last weeks the s&p has gained or lost less than half a percent. and this is not just a pattern of late summer doldrums. august often seize erratic trading and has been among the weakest month for stocks in recent years. wh v