Stocks ended mostly lower after data revealed the U.S. market suffered its largest contraction because at least the overdue 1940s in the next quarter and since the amount of individuals use for initial time jobless benefits climbed. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite
COMP,
+0.42%
shook off the weakness, however, to finish up 45 points greater, up 0.4%, close 10,588 before earnings after the bell by lots of high slopes, such as Facebook Inc.
FB,
+0.51%,
Apple Inc.
AAPL,
+1.21%,
Google parent Alphabet Inc.
GOOG,
+0.62%
GOOGL,
+0.97%
and Amazon.com Inc. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-0.85%
fell around 224 points, or 0.8%, to complete close 26,315, although the S&P 500
SPX,
-0.37%
lost around 12 points, or 0.4%, closing close 3,246.
