How the Dow Jones industrial average fared on Wednesday
The Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor’s 500 indexes again set records Wednesday in a quiet day of trading. Machinery and equipment makers climbed after strong results from Deere, but technology companies fell.
On Wednesday:
The Dow rose 59.31 points, or 0.3 percent, to 19,083.18.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index edged up 1.78 points, or 0.1 percent, to 2,204.72.
The Nasdaq composite lost 5.67 points, or 0.1 percent, to 5,380.68.