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Friday, 29 March 2024 00:12 WIB

The S&P 500 was flat Thursday as it aimed to wrap up its best first-quarter performance in five years. The broad market index was little changed, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The Nasdaq Composite was also trading unchanged. For the quarter, the S&P 500 is up about 10%. It is on pace for its best first-quarter gain since 2019, when it rallied 13.1%. The 30-stock Dow, up 5.5% during the period, is tracking for its strongest first-quarter performance since 2021 when it advanced 7.4%. The Nasdaq is up 9.3% in the quarter thus far. Source: CNBC

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