New York stock exchange's leading index fluctuated in different directions when trading closed on Wednesday afternoon, local time, after two potentially bleak news about the development in the American economy.
A report published during the day showed that economic activity declined within retail trade, financial companies and other companies within the service sector in May. Another report found that private employers during the same month hired 37,000 more people than they laid off, a decline from a surplus of 60,000 people in April.
The Dow Jones industrial index fell 0.2 percent, the broad S&P500 index traded sideways and the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 0.4 percent.
