Stocks closed the session mixed, but little changed, as some economic data reported this morning came in mixed, another wave of corporate earnings were reported, and the U.S. and EU announced sanctions against Russian companies. First, the scoreboard: Dow: 16,923.67, -58.9, (-0.4%) S&P 500: 1,970.85, -8.1, (-0.4%) Nasdaq: 4,444.50, -0.2, (0%) And now, the top stories on Tuesday: 1. The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index for July rose to 90.9 from 85.2 in June, the index’s highest reading sicne October 2007. Economists were expected the index to come in at 85.4. Along with the report, the Conference Board’s Lynn Franco …read more
Source: Business Insider
