Stocks wavered on Wall Street in muted trading as 2023 nears its finish
ByThe Associated Press
December 28, 2023, 4:30 PM
Stocks wavered on Wall Street in muted trading as 2023 nears its finish.
The S&P 500 rose less than 0.1% Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 53 points, or 0.1% and the technology-heavy Nasdaq fell less than 0.1%. Treasury yields edged higher.
Markets have held on to slight gains for the week so far, and the S&P 500 is hovering just below its all-time high set in January of 2022. The benchmark index is headed for a ninth-straight winning week and is up more than 24% for the year.
On Thursday:
The S&P 500 rose 1.77 points, or less than 0.1%, to 4,783.35
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 53.58 points, or 0.1%, to 37,710.10.
The Nasdaq composite fell 4.04 points, or less than 0.1%, to 15,095.14.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 7.88 points, or 0.4%, to 2,058.34.
For the week:
The S&P 500 is up 28.72 points, or 0.6%.
The Dow is up 324.13 points, or 0.9%.
The Nasdaq is up 102.16 points, or 0.7%.
The Russell 2000 is up 24.37 points, or 1.2%.
For the year:
The S&P 500 is up 943.85 points, or 24.6%.
The Dow is up 4,562.85 points, or 13.8%.
The Nasdaq is up 4,628.65 points, or 44.2%.
The Russell 2000 is up 297.09 points, or 16.9%.