Stock market today, July 24, 2014: U.S. markets were mixed Thursday on lackluster economic data. Industrial giant Caterpillar Inc.'s (NYSE: CAT) poor quarterly report offset gains from Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB). Shares of Caterpillar were off more than 3% after the company raised its yearly outlook but posted a quarterly decline. Shares of Facebook were up more than 6.5% hitting a new intraday record. The social media company now has a larger market cap than AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO).
Here's the scorecard from today's trading session:
Dow: 17,083.80, -2.83 (-0.02%) Nasdaq: 4472.11, -1.59 (-0.04%) S&P 500: 1987.96, +0.95 (+0.05%)
And here are the top stories that affected the stock market today:
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