It was a mixed day for the US equities with the Dow and S&P indices moving lower. The NASDAQ in the small-cap Russell 2000 moved marginally higher. For the Russell 2000, it traded intraday at a new record high, but closed about 4 point below its record high close reached last week.
A snapshot of the closing levels shows:
- Dow industrial average is 179.03 points or -0.3% to47560.29.
- S&P index fell -6 .00 point or -0.09% to 6840.41
- NASDAQ index rose 30.58 points or 0.13% to 23576.49.
- Russell 2000 rose by .26 points or 0.21% to 2526.24. The all-time record high close comes in 2531.15