Stocks wavered on Wall Street in muted trading as 2023 nears its finish.
The S&P 500 rose less than 0.1 percent Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 53 points, or 0.1 percent and the technology-heavy Nasdaq fell less than 0.1 percent. 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 percent for the year.
On Thursday:
The S&P 500 rose 1.77 points, or less than 0.1 percent, to 4,783.35.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 53.58 points, or 0.1 percent, to 37,710.10.
The Nasdaq composite fell 4.04 points, or less than 0.1 percent, to 15,095.14.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 7.88 points, or 0.4 percent, to 2,058.34.
For the week:
The S&P 500 is up 28.72 points, or 0.6 percent.
The Dow is up 324.13 points, or 0.9 percent.
The Nasdaq is up 102.16 points, or 0.7 percent.
The Russell 2000 is up 24.37 points, or 1.2 percent.
For the year:
The S&P 500 is up 943.85 points, or 24.6 percent.
The Dow is up 4,562.85 points, or 13.8 percent.
The Nasdaq is up 4,628.65 points, or 44.2 percent.
The Russell 2000 is up 297.09 points, or 16.9 percent.
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