Stock market news, July 2, 2014: Both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones today (Wednesday) were able to just barely finish with record highs. The Nasdaq was mostly flat but finished slightly down.
Here's the scorecard from today's trading session:
DOW: 16,976.24 (+0.12%) S&P 500: 1,974.61 (+0.07%) NASDAQ: 4,457.73 (-0.02%)
This morning, ADP data hinted that private-sector employment increased by 281,000 jobs in June, crushing street expectations of 205,000. U.S. Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen met with the IMF's Christine Lagarde today and had a "stay-the-course" tone, according to MarketWatch.
Due to the Fourth of July holiday on Friday, the official employment report for June will be released tomorrow morning at 8:30 a.m.
Here are the top stories in stock market news today:
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