The major US stock indices are closing with modest losses in an up and down session. The final numbers are showing:
- Dow industrial average -39.56 points or -0.11% at 34411.68
- S&P index fell -0.9 points or -0.02% at 4391.70
- NASDAQ index -18.71 points or -0.14% 13332.37
- Russell 2000-14.84 points or -0.74% at 1990.13
Looking at the ranges for the day:
- Dow industrial average was up 0.48% at its highs and was down -0.5% is lows before closing down -0.11%
- S&P index was up 0.41% at its highs and was down -0.52% it’s lows before closing near unchanged
- NASDAQ index rose 0.47% it’s highs and was down -0.97% it’s lows before closing at -0.14%.
Looking at the major sectors, the biggest gainers were:
- energy rose 1.6%
- financials rose 0.7%
- technology rose 0.3%
On the downside the biggest losing sectors included:
- healthcare fell -1.1%
- consumer staples fell -0.8%
- utilities fell -0.5%