Investing.com Weekly Wrap-Up 22 April 2016

(Before It's News)

Written by Investing.com Staff, Investing.com

U.S. stocks mixed as Microsoft, Alphabet weigh on major indices

U.S. stocks were relatively flat on Friday, as considerable declines among Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and several other major technology companies offset across the board gains following a strong batch of quarterly earnings.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 21.23 or 0.12% to 18,003.75, while the S&P 500Composite index inched up 0.10 or 0.01% to 2,091.58, as both indices remained near 2016-yearly highs. The NASDAQ Composite index, meanwhile, dipped 39.66 or 0.80% to 4,906.23, finishing as the session’s underperformer.

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