S&P misses on a record close. Nasdaq closes higher

Major US stock indices are closing mixed to end the trading week. The Dow industrial average closed lower. The S&P closed unchanged while the NASDAQ index closed higher.

The final numbers are showing:

• Dow industrial average fell -165.35 points or -0.37% at 44546.08
• S&P index felt -0.44 points or -0.01% at 6114.63. That was around four points short of its all-time closing level near 6118.
• NASDAQ index close up 81.13 points or 0.41% at 20026.77
• Russell 2000 fell -2.020 points or -0.10% at 2279.98

Meta’s streak extended to 20 straight up days. Today shares close higher by $8.11 or 1.11% at $736.67.

Dell shares closed higher by $4.12 or 3.74% at $114.38 after a report that they are close to a deal to sell $5 billion of AI computers to Musk’s xAI.

For the trading week, the major indices closed higher:

• Dow rose 0.55%
• S&P rose 1.47%
• Nasdaq rose 2.58%

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.