Dow, S&P close at records as Disney offsets drop in sentiment
NEW YORK, Aug 13 - The Dow Industrial and S&P 500 edged up to closing records on Friday and notched a second straight week of gains, buoyed by a climb in Walt Disney shares, but a sharp drop in consumer sentiment kept gains in check.Walt Disney rose 1.00% as one of the biggest boosts to both the Dow and benchmark S&P index after its profit topped market expectations as its streaming services added more customers than expected and its pandemic-hit U.S. theme parks returned to profitability."That
S&P 500 closes at record high as Apple, healthcare stocks help shrug off Delta worries
Translate Bio surges on sale to $Sanofi$ in $3.2-bln deal. Focus on services sector data, jobs report this week. NEW YORK, Aug 3 - The S&P 500 index closed at record high on Tuesday on gains in Apple and healthcare stocks, despite concerns over a surge in the Delta variant of the coronavirus taking some shine off an upbeat corporate earnings season.Ten of the 11 S&P indexes traded higher, with energy stocks rebounding after getting hit by a dip in oil prices.“Even though the pandemic is still w