What Happened in the Stock Market Today
Stocks mostly moved sideways Thursday. Major benchmarks like the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) were in the red for much of the session, but rose in the afternoon to finish close to even. Real estate was the strongest sector.
As for individual stocks, consumer spending and online sales boosted profits at Walmart (NYSE: WMT), while results from Canopy Growth (NYSE: CGC) helped drag down the marijuana sector.
Source Fool.com