The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) closed up by +0.33% on Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up by +1.08%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed down -0.05%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26) rose +0.28%, and December E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQZ26) fell -0.14%.
Stock indexes settled mixed on Thursday, with the Nasdaq 100 dropping to a 3.5-week low. Stocks recovered from early losses on Thursday to trade mixed as bond yields fell and as investors rotated out of chip stocks into software and pharmaceutical companies.