US equity close: Late selling leads to a mixed day

<p>US equities gave up gains in the final 15 minutes of trading to finish narrowly negative. That caps a losing month for US exchanges but it wasn't as bad as it was midway through August. Yields fell this week and that sparked a turnaround in tech.</p><p>As for today, the finish was largely static:</p><ul><li>S&amp;P 500 -0.2%</li><li>DJIA -0.5%</li><li>Nasdaq Comp +0.1%</li><li>Russell 2000 -0.1%</li><li>Toronto TSX Comp -0.1%</li></ul><p>Tomorrow is non-farm payrolls and that's sure to re-write the script. <a href="https://www.forexlive.com/news/non-farm-payrolls-preview-why-august-jobs-are-likely-to-disappoint-20230831/" target="_blank" rel="follow">Read here</a> on why there's a downside bias in the August report.</p>

This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.