Stocks drift higher; S&P 500 holds at 2,000 points

8/27/2014
ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK -- U.S. stock indexes edged higher in midday trading today, drifting slightly from a record high set the day before.

Trading was light ahead of the Labor Day holiday as investors sifted through company earnings and deal news.

Express rose 12 percent after the clothing retailer’s results beat financial analysts’ expectations. Tiffany rose 1 percent after its latest quarterly income also exceeded forecasts.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index edged up half a point to 2,001 as of noon today. It closed above 2,000 points for the first time the day before.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 12 points, or 0.1 percent, to 17,119. The Nasdaq rose two points, or 0.1 percent, to 4,572.

Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.37 percent.