U.S. stock market struggles to a mixed finish
3/12/2014NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks are finishing mixed after a listless day as traders continue to worry about slowing growth in China and tensions in Ukraine.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index managed a small gain today, narrowly avoiding its first three-day losing streak since January.
The S&P 500 increased half a point to 1,868 points.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 11 points, or 0.1 percent, to 16,340.
Technology stocks were mostly higher. The Nasdaq composite rose 16 points, or 0.4 percent, to 4,323. Facebook and Microsoft both rose.
Mining companies rose as metals prices increased. Newmont Mining rose 3 percent and Cliffs Natural Resources rose 2 percent.
Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.72 percent from 2.77 percent.