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US stocks end the week mixed; Russell 2000 closes at a record
US stocks end the week mixed; Russell 2000 closes at a record. US stocks finished mostly lower on Friday, taking some of the shine off a week that saw both the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 trade at record levels. The exception today was the sma
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US stocks end the week mixed; Russell 2000 closes at a record. US stocks finished mostly lower on Friday, taking some of the shine off a week that saw both the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 trade at record levels. The exception today was the sma
US stocks end the week mixed; Russell 2000 closes at a record
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US stocks end the week mixed; Russell 2000 closes at a record. US stocks finished mostly lower on Friday, taking some of the shine off a week that saw both the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 trade at record levels. The exception today was the sma
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US stocks finished mostly lower on Friday, taking some of the shine off a week that saw both the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 trade at record levels. The exception today was the small-cap Russell 2000, which bucked the broader weakness and closed at a new record high. The S&P 500 reached a fresh all-time high during the week and closed at a record on Thursday, but buyers could not keep the momentum going into the weekend. Friday's softer retail sales and consumer sentiment data contributed to a more cautious tone, while higher oil prices and geopolitical concerns also weighed on risk appetite. At …
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Global: 0 · Market: 0 · Urgency: 0 · Confidence: 0 · Neutral
Market reaction
- USOIL: Price snapshot pending · T-15m / T0 / T+15m / T+60m
- SPX: Price snapshot pending · T-15m / T0 / T+15m / T+60m
- US30: Price snapshot pending · T-15m / T0 / T+15m / T+60m
- DJP: Price snapshot pending · T-15m / T0 / T+15m / T+60m
- FX: Price snapshot pending · T-15m / T0 / T+15m / T+60m
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