NEW YORK, July 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended mixed on Friday.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 235.60 points, or 0.46 percent, to 51,947.25. The S&P 500 added 3.68 points, or 0.05 percent, to 7,411.98. The Nasdaq Composite Index shed 161.869 points, or 0.64 percent, to 24,975.824.
Ten of the 11 primary S&P 500 sectors ended in green, with real estate and materials leading the gainers by adding 2.36 percent and 1.44 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, technology bucked the trend by going down 0.88 percent.
