US major indices close the day with mixed results

The major US stock  indices  are closing mixed. The Dow and S&P are down on the day while the NASDAQ index eked out a small gain. It was a choppy session for stocks with the US jobs report providing mixed signals.

For the week, the major indices were higher.

A look at the final numbers shows:

  • Dow industrial average fell -46.4 points or -0.15% at 31338.16
  • S&P index fell -3.26 points or -0.08% at 3899.37
  • NASDAQ index rose 13.97 points or 0.12% at 11635.32
  • Russell 2000 fell -0.23 points or -0.01% at 1769.36

For the trading week all the indices were higher led by the NASDAQ index:

  • Dow industrial average rose 0.77%
  • S&P index rose 1.94%
  • NASDAQ rose 4.56%
  • Russell 2000 rose to 2.22%

Looking at the Dow 30 this week, the gains were led by:

  • Nike, up 6.67%
  • Apple up 5.84%
  • Intel up 4.54%
  • Salesforce up 4.34%
  • Microsoft up 3.11%