The Dow is within 3.5 per cent of its record close on Feb. 12. — Reuters pic
The Dow is within 3.5 per cent of its record close on Feb. 12. Trading in new entrants to the blue-chip index Salesforce.com Inc, Honeywell International Inc and Amgen Inc was subdued. The three main indexes are also set for their fifth straight monthly rise following March lows, with the S&P 500 looking at its biggest per centage rise in August since 1984, even as economic data pointed to an uneven recovery from the steep downturn.
At 09:53 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 139.46 points, or 0.49 per cent, at 28,514.41, the S&P 500 was down 3.65 points, or 0.10 per cent, at 3,504.36. The Nasdaq Composite was up 35.35 points, or 0.30 per cent, at 11,730.98.