Toward the end of trading Wednesday, the Dow traded up 0.68 percent to 15,295.76 while the NASDAQ declined 0.16 percent to 3,723.45. The S&P rose, gaining 0.16 percent to 1,686.55
Wednesday’s session closes with the NASDAQ Composite Index at 3,725.01. The total shares traded for the NASDAQ was over 1.67 billion. Declining stocks led advancers by 1.08 to 1 ratio
Stocks posted narrow gains today, with the Dow Jones Industrials outpacing the broader S&P 500 because of solid advances for a handful of higher priced component companies, including a 2% rise for IBM and a 1.3% jump for United