Stocks and Dow Jones Industrial Average

Nasdaq Composite Index: Volume in declining stocks was 56% of the total market volume, according to Market Watch. Despite the negative breadth, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 93 points, after being down as much as 169 points early in the session. The number of declining stocks exceeded the number of advancing stocks by a 1,542-to-1,476 margin on the NYSE and by a 1,603-to-1,204 score on the Nasdaq, according to Fact Set. The S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.31% gained 0.3%, after being down 1%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, +0.21% tacked on 0.2%, to erase a 1.2% intraday loss. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.