• The Dow Jones Industrial Average scored its sixth straight record high on Thursday, but just barely, while the S&P 500 edged lower due to declining energy stocks.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI ended up 0.04 percent to close at 20,619.77, its sixth straight record-high close. The S&P 500 .SPX had lost 0.09 percent to 2,347.22 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 0.08 percent to 5,814.90.
• Asian stock markets took a breather on Friday from their recent surge as investors took profits, while the dollar inched up after Thursday's slide and optimism over possible renewed supply cuts by OPEC lifted oil prices. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS pulled back 0.2 percent, on track to end the week up 1.2 percent, its fourth straight week of gains.
Japan's Nikkei .N225 slid 0.7 percent, set to close 0.9 percent lower for the week. Australian shares were down 0.2 percent, shrinking the week's gains to 1.4 percent.
Reference: Reuters
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