The S&P and NASDAQ indices are closing near the highs for the day and snapped 3-day losing streaks. The Dow Industrial Average is closing near unchanged/marginally lower.
The final numbers are showing:
- Dow industrial average -4.75 points or -0.01% at 33946.76
- S&P index +16.18 points or 0.37% at 4381.86
- NASDAQ index up 128.4 points or 0.95% at 13630.60
The small-cap Russell 2000 index did not fare as well with a decline of -14.83 points or -0.80% at 1848. 17.
The Dow 30 was led by:
- Merck +2.3%
- Microsoft +1.84%
- Salesforce +1.76%
- Apple +1.65%
- Amgen +1.15%
Losers in the Dow today included:
- Boeing -3.04% after workers at a key supplier went on strike
- J.P. Morgan -1.93%
- IBM -1.89%
- Caterpillar -1.72%
- Goldman Sachs -1.69%