Stock Market Update
21-Aug-24 15:40 ET
Stocks move mostly sideways ahead of the close
Dow +18.79
at 40853.76,
Nasdaq +59.74
at 17876.67,
S&P +13.86
at 5610.98
[BRIEFING.COM] The three major indices moved mostly sideways in recent action. The Nasdaq Composite trades 0.3% higher.
Thursday's economic lineup features:
- 8:30 ET: Weekly Initial Claims (Briefing.com consensus 225,000; prior 227,000) and Continuing Claims (prior 1.864 mln)
- 10:00 ET: July Existing Home Sales (Briefing.com consensus 3.90 mln; prior 3.89 mln)
- 10:30 ET: Weekly natural gas inventories (prior -6 bcf)
