LIVE MARKETS-Wall Street little changed ahead of cold supermoon
Wall Street ended mostly flat with Nasdaq and S&P 500 slightly up, while Dow edged down. Industrials led S&P sector gains, healthcare and consumer staples were weakest. Dollar and gold rose, U.S. crude gained over 1%, and bitcoin fell over 1%. The U.S. 10-Year Treasury yield increased to around 4.10%. Investors await the Federal Reserve meeting next week amid mixed economic data.
Nasdaq, S&P 500 end slightly higher; Dow edges red
Industrials lead S&P sector gainers; Staples, Healthcare tied for weakest groups
Dollar gains; gold edges up; U.S. crude gains >1%; bitcoin off >1%
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WALL STREET LITTLE CHANGED AHEAD OF COLD SUPERMOON
The three major U.S. equity indexes ended little changed on Thursday after dancing around close to the flat line for much of the day with a mixed bag of economic data failing to inspire investors, who are anxiously awaiting the Federal Reserve’s meeting next week.
Under the hood, the 11 S&P 500 (.SPX) industry sectors were elbowing each other for the rear and front of the pack positions during the day.
But at the close, industrials (.SPLRCI) was the biggest percentage gainer, adding 0.5% while healthcare (.SPXHC) and consumer staples (.SPLRCS) tied as the biggest percentage losers, both down 0.73%.
The next weakest sectors also tied with consumer discretionary (.SPLRCD) and materials (.SPLRCM) both losing 0.48%. Could the coincidence be related to this evening’s pending cold supermoon? The last full moon of the year is also occurring in the closing phase of a “Major Lunar Standstill,” which is a recurring 18.6-year event that sees the moon’s orbit tilted at its most extreme angle relative to Earth’s orbit, according to Space.com.
Healthcare was the biggest index point drag on the day. Meanwhile, technology (.SPLRCT) was the biggest boost, which is of course a lot less unusual than a supermoon.
Also notable were record closing highs to round off Thursday’s trading for the NYSE Composite (.NYA) , the small-cap Russell 2000 index (.RUT) and the S&P 500 banks index (.SPXBK) .
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(Sinéad Carew, Terence Gabriel)
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Wall Street has mixed close close to flat
