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US stocks close lower. Dow and S&P close lower for the 5th consecutive day

  
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The stocks close at session lows

The major stock indices are closing lower for the day. The Dow and S&P fell for the fifth consecutive day. That is the longest losing streak since February.
The NASDAQ index is closing lower for the third consecutive day.
The major indices close lower this week.
The final numbers are showing:
  • Dow industrial average fell 271.66 points or -0.78% at 34607.73
  • S&P index fell -34.7 points or -0.77% at 4458.57
  • NASDAQ index fell -132.75 points or -0.87% at 15115.50

Dow, S&P lower for the fourth straight trading day

  
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NASDAQ down for the second consecutive day

The US major indices are all closing lower with the Dow and S&P down for the fourth straight trading day. The NASDAQ has been down for two consecutive days
A look at the closing levels shows:
  • Dow industrial average fell -150.84 points or -0.43% at 34880.23. The low price reached 34847.30. The high price extended to 35199.89
  • S&P index felt -20.81 points or -0.46% at 4493.26. The low price reached 4492.07. The high price was at 4529.90.
  • NASDAQ index fell -38.38 points or -0.25% at 15248.25.  The low price for the day reached 15245.17. The high price reached 15352.38.
The Russell 2000 also closed lower with a late day selloff pushing the index into the red. It fell -0.60 points or -0.03% at 2249.13
  • Financials rose 0.25%
  • Energy rose 0.13%
  • Materials rose 0.07%
On the negative side:
  • Real Estate fell -2.12%.
  • Healthcare -1.18%.
  • Consumer staples -0.60%.
  • Utilities -0.59%
In other markets as US trading moves toward the close shows the Swiss franc is the strongest while the US dollars weakest.

NASDAQ record close. S&P and Dow down.

  
Analysis, US Market

Mixed results for the major indices

The NASDAQ index closed at another record high. The S&P and Dow industrial average did not fare as well.  Each closed lower with the Dow industrial average the worst performer of the 3 major indices.
The final numbers are showing:
  • Dow industrial average fell -269.11 points or -0.76% at 35100
  • S&P index fell -15.4 points or -0.34% at 4520.02
  • NASDAQ index rose 10.82 points or 0.07% at 15374.33
  • The Russell 2000 index fell -16.44 points or -0.72% at 2275.61
Looking at the various sectors, the gainers today included:
  • Communication services, +0.45%
  • Discretionary, +0.37%
  • Technology, +0.03%
The biggest losers included:
  • Industrials, -1.77%
  • Utilities, -1.36%.
  • Real estate, -1.13%.
  • Consumer staples -1.08%
The drags on the Dow today included:
  • 3m, -4.53%
  • Honeywell, -2.39%
  • Amgen, -2.17%
  • Coca-Cola, -1.87%
  • Boeing, -1.8%
Gainers in the Dow 30 included:
  • Disney, +1.86%
  • Apple, +1.56%
  • Visa, +0.52%
  • Intel, +0.26%
  • American express +0.24%

The US stocks close mixed. Nasdaq close today is yet another record

  
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&P and NASDAQ close lower

The major indices are closing mixed with the Dow and S&P lower, while the NASDAQ close higher and at a another record. The gain in the NASDAQ was the third gain in a row.
  • S&P and NASDAQ have the second straight weekly gain
  • Russell 2000 snapped a three day win streak
  • Dow lower for the fourth time in five sessions this week
The final numbers are showing:
  • S&P -1.44 points or -0.03% at 4535.50
  • Dow -74.73 points or -0.21% at 35369.09
  • NASDAQ up 32.34 points or 0.21% at 15363.50
  • Russell 2000 fell-11.97 points or -0.52% at 2292.05
Looking at the S&P sectors,
  • Technology +0.4%
  • Healthcare, +0.1%
  • Communications unchanged
  • Real estate unchanged
The decliners today included:
  • Utilities -0.8%
  • Materials -0.7%
  • Industrials -0.6%
  • Financials -0.6%
For the week,
  • Dow industrial average fell -0.24%
  • S&P index rose 0.59%
  • NASDAQ index rose 1.55%
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