US stock indices give back gains for the day

<p>The major US stock indices have give up gains and trade in negative territory</p><ul><li>Dow Industrial Average is trading down -100 points or -0.27% at 37306</li><li>S&amp;P index is down -5.31 points or -0.12% at 4741.35</li><li>Nasdaq index is down -13.70 points or -0.09% at 14949</li></ul><p>The small-cap Russell 2000 is still higher on the day by 13.10 points or 0.65% at 2030.13.</p><p>Markets are illiquid as traders work toward the Christmas weekend and the last week of the trading year next week.</p>

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.