The Dow Jones industrial average unofficially closed up 16.5 points, or 0.09 percent, at 18,533.05, the S&P 500 ended up 5.15 points, or 0.24 percent, to 2,166.89 and the Nasdaq Composite f inished 26.20 points, or 0.52 percent, higher to 5,055.78. Japan's SoftBank Group's US$32 billion deal to buy British chip designer ARM Holdings briefly lifted European equities to a three-week high. The FTSEurofirst 300 index ended 0.2 percent higher at 1,338.06. The MSCI world equity index, which tracks shares in 45 nations, rose 0.92 point or 0.2 percent, to 412.15. (Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., July 18, 2016. - REUTERS)
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 0.04 percent to close at 20,619.77, its sixth straight record-high close. The S&P 500 had lost 0.09 percent to 2,347.22 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.08 percent to 5,814.90.
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