[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US equities hit the pause button on a placid August trading session, as investors chose to wait ahead of the Federal Reserve’s minutes from the last meeting due out ater this week as worries about Europe offset gains in the technology and banking sector. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ …
US Stocks End Mixed; VXX Rallies On Fear, EWO Tanks
US stocks ended mixed Thursday with the broad market ETFs retreating for the third successive day in a shortened week, as worries over Spanish debt crisis returned to haunt Wall Street. All the indices closed lower for the week despite better weekly claims data ahead of Friday’s nonfarm payrolls reading for March. As equities sank, US Treasuries marched ahead for …