The major US stock indexes ended the trading mixed, since the decline in the shares of the technology sector was opposed by the growth of the conglomerate sector.
In addition, the negative impact on the mood of investors had weak data on orders for durable goods and sluggish dynamics of oil quotes.
As it became known today, orders for non-military capital goods, with the exception of aircraft carefully monitored by the sensor for business expenses, fell by 0.2%. These so-called basic orders for capital goods were revised, and showed an increase of 0.2% in April. Earlier it was reported that they grew by 0.1%. At the same time, the supply of capital goods used to calculate equipment costs in the national GDP measurement decreased by 0.2% last month after rising 0.1% in April. Economists predicted that major orders for capital goods in May will grow by 0.3%. General orders for durable goods, goods from toasters to aircraft, which are designed for a lifetime of three years or longer, fell 1.1% after a decline of 0.9% in April.
Most components of the DOW index closed in positive territory (17 out of 30). Most fell shares of The Boeing Company (BA, -1.03%). The leader of growth was the shares of The Goldman Sachs Group (GS, + 1.66%).
Most sectors of the S & P index showed an increase. The technological sector fell most (-0.4%). The growth leader was the conglomerate sector (+ 0.9%).
At closing:
DJIA + 0.07% 21.405.55 +14.79
Nasdaq -0.29% 6.247.15 -18.10
S & P + 0.03% 2.439.07 + 0.77
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