New York equities: Dow slips into the red after record high | message

NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – The US stock markets posted slight losses in early trading on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial (Dow Jones 30 Industrial) rose to a record high of 30,343 points, but quickly slipped and turned into the red. Most recently, the leading US index was down 0.28 percent at 30,219.61 points. This indicates a Dow gain of around 0.6 percent this week.

The market-wide S&P 500 also climbed another record high on Friday and was most recently 0.31 percent in the red at 3710.98 counters. For the NASDAQ 100 selection index, it first rose to a new high and then went down. Most recently, the technology-heavy index fell by 0.10 percent to 12,752.38 points./edh/fba

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