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Business · Stock markets · published 2026-10-12 · via Investrade

Dow Outperforms as Tech Weakness Keeps Broader Market Muted

U.S. stocks opened mixed Monday, with the Dow industrials ahead while the S&P 500 was roughly flat and the Nasdaq and Russell 2000 slipped. Technology was the weakest S&P sector, pressured by semiconductor shares. Activity was quiet with bond markets and banks closed for Columbus Day, while oil rose amid doubts about the announced Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire.

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