Most stocks on Wall Street rose yesterday, but blue-chip shares encountered some profit-taking, halting a four-session winning streak by several leading measures.
The Dow Jones industrial average finished unchanged at 8,706.15 after drifting between a 38-point gain and a 28-point loss.
The last time the Dow ended a session exactly where it began was nearly two years ago on December 2nd, 1996, when the blue-chip barometer was 2,200 points lower at 6,521.70.
The Nasdaq composite index fell 12.47 to 1,788.44, and the Standard and Poor's 500 fell 0.75 to 1,110.85.
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NYSE volume totalled 695.47 million shares, down from 751.96 million on Monday. The NYSE composite index rose 0.56 to 551.80.
