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23 Feb 2015
Wall Street mixed as oil hit energy shares; Nasdaq 9-day winning streak
FXStreet (San Francisco) - US stocks market rose in the last hour to recover earlier losses and to closed mixed on the day since investors digested the weak housing data in the United States and erratic news on Greece. The Nasdaq Composite advanced for the 9th consecutive day.
Most sectors finished Monday down for the day. Energy shares (-0.84%) led the losers as a drop in oil prices once again hit this sector's companies. Other laggards were Telecomm (-0.84%), Materials (-0.73%), and Materials (0.73%).
To the upside, winners were Health Care (+0.53%), Utilities (+0.50%) and Consumer Staples (0.43%).
The Dow Jones declined 0.13% on the day to close at 18,116.84; the S&P 500 fell 0.03% to 2,109.66; while the Nasdaq Composite finished 0.10% up in the day at 4,960.97. Small caps in the figure of the Russell 2000 was almost unchanged at 1,231.83.
Big caps winners were UnitedHealth $UNH (+3.78%); Apple $AAPL (+2.71%); and Gilead Sciences $GILD (+1.85%). Losers were HSBC Holdings $HSBC (-4.28%); Google $GOOGL (-1.31%); and Exxon Mobil $XOM (-1.01%).
Most sectors finished Monday down for the day. Energy shares (-0.84%) led the losers as a drop in oil prices once again hit this sector's companies. Other laggards were Telecomm (-0.84%), Materials (-0.73%), and Materials (0.73%).
To the upside, winners were Health Care (+0.53%), Utilities (+0.50%) and Consumer Staples (0.43%).
The Dow Jones declined 0.13% on the day to close at 18,116.84; the S&P 500 fell 0.03% to 2,109.66; while the Nasdaq Composite finished 0.10% up in the day at 4,960.97. Small caps in the figure of the Russell 2000 was almost unchanged at 1,231.83.
Big caps winners were UnitedHealth $UNH (+3.78%); Apple $AAPL (+2.71%); and Gilead Sciences $GILD (+1.85%). Losers were HSBC Holdings $HSBC (-4.28%); Google $GOOGL (-1.31%); and Exxon Mobil $XOM (-1.01%).