US stock markets start flat and finish flat

US stock market futures were flat ahead of the open and that’s pretty much where they finished. There was a brief rise to a fresh intraday record high late in the day but that faded and the S&P 500 closed down 3 points to 6584, ending a four-day winning streak. The Nasdaq closed modestly higher, led by a 7% squeeze higher in Tesla shares.

Closing changes:

• S&P 500 -0.1%
• Nasdaq Comp +0.5% (record high close)
• DJIA -0.6%
• Russell 2000 -0.8%
• Toronto TSX Comp -0.4%

On the week:

• S&P 500 +1.6%
• Nasdaq Comp +2.0%
• Russell 2000 +0.5%
• Toronto TSX Comp +0.8%

This article was written by Adam Button at investinglive.com.