Although the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 cling to positive territory, internal readings of the broader market of stocks have already turned negative. The number of declining stock outnumbered advancers by a 1,510-to-1,281 score on the NYSE and by a 1,406-to-1,278 margin on the Nasdaq exchange. Declining volume represented 53% of total volume on the Big Board and 48% of total volume on the Nasdaq. Meanwhile, the Dow was up 26 points, or 0.1%, with 16 of 30 components trading higher. The S&P 500 was up 0.1%, while the Nasdaq Composite eased 0.1%.
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