The US markets ended mostly in green on Friday supported by strong gains made by UnitedHealth (UNH), Travelers (TRV) and Caterpillar (CAT). Meanwhile, the pullback in the Nasdaq came amid weakness among some big-name tech stocks such as Palantir (PLTR), which tumbled by 7.5 percent. Besides, traders took a cautious approach amid ongoing U.S. government shutdown which led to the indefinite delay of key U.S. economic data, including closely watched monthly jobs report. They also took note of report released by Institute for Supply Management showing a bigger than expected decline by its reading on service sector activity. The ISM said its services PMI fell to 50.0 in September from 52.0 in August, with a reading of 50.0 serving as the breakeven point between expansion and contraction. Street had expected the index to edge down to 51.7.
On the sectoral front, significant strength has been seen in healthcare stocks with the Dow Jones Health Care Index climbing by 1.1 percent to its best closing level in over six months. Further, telecom, banking and airline stocks saw some strength on the day, while retail and semiconductor stocks moved to the downside.
Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 238.56 points or 0.51 percent to 46,758.28 and S&P 500 crept up 0.44 points or 0.01 percent to 6,715.79, while Nasdaq fell 63.55 points or 0.28 percent to 22,780.51.
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