As US stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) closed Thursday trading in negative territory as investors digest the Federal Reserve’s January meeting minutes, which point to growing uncertainty over how central bank officials could move on interest rates.
Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre breaks down the biggest market themes from today’s trading day, including the S&P 500’s back-and-forth pattern over the past several months, the growth seen across the industrial sector (XLI), and the volatility (^VIX) occurring within the US dollar (DX-Y.NYB) and oil prices (CL=F, BZ=F).
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