US stocks close mixed. Nasdaq closes with a small gain

<p>The major US stock indices are closing mixed. The Nasdaq index scraped together a small gain. The S&amp;P and Dow both fell. </p><p>A snapshot of the market currently shows:</p><ul><li>Dow Industrial Average fell -164. points or -0.45% at 37516</li><li>S&amp;P index fell moves them .26 points or -0.15% at 4756.47</li><li>Nasdaq index rose 13.93 points or 0.09% at 14857.70</li></ul><p>Looking at the Dow 30, Chevron led losers despite the rise and oil prices today:</p><ul><li>Chevron -2.56%</li><li>Dow -2.08%</li><li>Walt Disney -2.03%</li><li>Disney -1.41%</li><li>Goldman Sachs -1.34%</li></ul><p>Winners in the Dow included:</p><ul><li>Merck +0.89%</li><li>Walmart +0.66% </li><li>Procter &amp; Gamble +0.38%</li><li>Visa +0.30%</li><li>Microsoft +0.29%</li></ul><p>Other big winners today included:</p><ul><li>CrowdSstrike +4.78%</li><li>DoorDash 4.60%</li><li>Palo Alto Networks, +3.77%</li><li>Papa John's, +3.38%</li><li>Shopify +3.10%</li></ul><p>Losers:</p><ul><li>Moderna, -4.58%</li><li>Schlumberger, -3.62%</li><li>Fortinet, -3.04%</li><li>Tencent -2.74%</li><li>Corning -2.33%</li></ul><p>ON Friday, the earnings calendar kicks off with the traditional banking earnings. Reporting on Friday:</p><ul><li>J.P. Morgan Chase</li><li>Citicorp</li><li>Bank of America</li><li>Bank of New York Mellon</li><li>Wells Fargo</li><li>BlackRock</li></ul>

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