<p>The major US <a target=“_blank“ href=“https://www.forexlive.com/terms/i/indices/“ class=“terms__secondary-term“ id=“eb50e0fb-8258-4e43-80e6-8831246f8b37″ target=“_blank“>indices</a> are closing mixed for the day and mixed for the week.</p><p>For the trading day:</p><ul><li>Dow Industrial Average rose 129.84 points or 0.39% at 33826.70</li><li>S&P index fell 11.32 points or -0.28% at 4079.10</li><li>NASDAQ index fell -68.55 points or -0.58% at 11787.28</li><li>Russell 2000 rose 4.144 points or 0.21% at 1946.35</li></ul><p>For the trading week:</p><ul><li>Dow Industrial Average closed down -0.13%</li><li>S&P index closed lower by -0.28%</li><li><a target=“_blank“ href=“https://www.forexlive.com/terms/n/nasdaq/“ class=“terms__main-term“ id=“73ea5227-7971-4d75-a878-f20ede81c27e“ target=“_blank“>NASDAQ</a> index was able to eke out a 0.59% gain</li><li>Russell 2000 was the biggest gainer with a 1.435% increase</li></ul><p>Looking at the Dow 30, the five biggest gainers for the day included:</p><ul><li>Merck, +2.81%</li><li>Amgen +2.69%</li><li>Unitedhealth +2.41%</li><li>J&J +2.12%</li><li>Procter & Gamble +2.10%</li></ul><p>The biggest losers today included:</p><ul><li>Chevron -2.17%</li><li>Intel -2.09%</li><li>Salesforce -1.74%</li><li>Microsoft -1.56%</li><li>Home Depot -1.0%</li></ul>

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.