US Close 28 June 19 : Mixed finish for US Stocks as investors look ahead to G20 Summit

US Close 28 June 19 : Mixed finish for US Stocks as investors look ahead to G20 Summit

 

US sharemarkets were mixed on Thursday. Investors were reluctant to push stocks too far ahead of the G20 meeting over the weekend, especially with mixed news about progress of US-China trade talks. Energy shares fell by 0.8% but the Philadelphia Semiconductor index rose by 1.5%. Shares in Ford rose 2.9% after the automaker announced it would cut 12,000 jobs in its Ford Europe division. The Dow Jones index closed down by 10 points or less than 0.1%. The S&P500 index rose by 11 points or 0.4%. But the Nasdaq rose by 58 points or 0.7%.