• Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 32.6 points, or 0.16 percent, to 20,775.6. The S&P 500 .SPX lost 2.56 points, or 0.11 percent, to 2,362.82 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 5.32 points, or 0.09 percent, to 5,860.63.
The S&P 500 ended modestly weaker on Wednesday, holding losses after minutes from the Federal Reserve's last meeting kept alive a potential near-term interest rate hike, while DuPont shares helped the Dow close at an all-time high for a ninth straight session.
• Asian stocks pulled back from a 19-month high on Thursday, while the dollar tried to steady from losses suffered in the wake of the U.S. Federal Reserve minutes indicating a cautious approach to more interest rate increases.
• MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was fractionally lower.
• Japan's Nikkei slid 0.1 percent, while Australian shares retreated 0.3 percent.
Reference: Reuters
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