The S&P 500 climbed 0.06% to end the session at 6,850.92 points. The Nasdaq declined 0.26% to 23,406.46 points, while the Dow rose 0.68% to 48,254.82 points.
NEW YORK: Wall Street's main indices were mixed on Wednesday, with the Dow notching a record-high close and the Nasdaq losing ground as investors rotated out of pricey technology stocks while focusing on a likely end to a historic US government shutdown.
The House of Representatives was set to end the longest government shutdown in US history, with a vote on a stopgap funding package to restart disrupted food assistance, pay hundreds of thousands of federal workers and revive a hobbled air traffic control system.
