The Dow fell 91.90 points, or 0.22%, to 42,427.74, the S&P 500 gained 0.44 points, or 0.01%, to 5,970.81 and the Nasdaq gained 61.53 points, or 0.32%, to 19,460.49.
NEW YORK: US stocks ended mixed on Wednesday, with the benchmark S&P 500 flat, the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite slightly up and the Dow Jones Industrial Average down as weak data revealed the economic toll taken by President Donald Trump's trade policies.
The services sector contracted in May for the first time in nearly a year, while businesses paid higher input prices, a reminder that the economy was still at risk of slowing growth and rising inflation. Early gains in the S&P 500 evaporated toward the close and trading volume was relatively light.
