Despite the weakness seen in the stock market’s benchmark indexes, exchange data suggests the market of stocks is actually rising, boosted by smaller-capitalization stocks. The number of advancing stocks outnumbered decliners by a 1,761-to-1,014 margin on the NYSE and by a 1,529-to-1,116 score on the Nasdaq. The total volume of advancing stocks was 67.5% of the total volume on the NYSE and 62.3% of the total volume on the Nasdaq. Meanwhile, among the large-cap benchmark indexes, the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 92 points, or 0.4%, with 20 of 30 components trading lower, and the S&P 500 fell 0.2%. But the Russell 2000 small-cap tracker climbed 0.3%.
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