Major U.S. stock indexes ended nearly flat Tuesday after an abbreviated trading session ahead of Christmas Day.
The Nasdaq composite eked out a tiny gain, extending the index’s winning streak to 10 days and nudging it to a record high for the seventh day in a row. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average finished with tiny losses.
Industrial, health care and communication services stocks were the biggest losers Tuesday. Those losses outweighed gains in banks, technology stocks and elsewhere in the market.
Trading was lighter than usual during the half day that the U.S. markets were open. They are closed today for the holiday.
