Stocks held steady on Wall Street Thursday, and bond prices gave back some of their big gains from the prior day as a rally fueled by the Federal Reserve's announcement on interest rates Wednesday faded.
On Thursday:
The Standard & Poor's 500 index slipped 3.88 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 2,381.38.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 15.55 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 20,934.55.
The Nasdaq composite rose 0.71 points, or 0.01 per cent, to 5,900.76.
The Russell 2000 index of small-cap stocks rose 3.20 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 1,386.03.
For the week:
The S&P 500 is up 8.78 points, or 0.4 per cent.
The Dow is up 31.57, or 0.2 per cent.
The Nasdaq is up 39.03, or 0.7 per cent.
The Russell 2000 is up 20.76, or 1.5 per cent.
For the year:
The S&P 500 is up 142.55 points, or 6.4 per cent.
The Dow is up 1,171.95, or 5.9 per cent.
The Nasdaq is up 517.64, or 9.6 per cent.
The Russell 2000 is up 28.90, or 2.1 per cent.
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