(Corrected weekday in the first sentence: Thursday)

New York (dpa-Afx)-The US exchanges did not find a clear direction on Thursday. After a cautious start, the most important indices only made it into plus at times – in the end, moderate losses were booked.

The leading index Dow Jones Industrial closed 0.03 percent lower with 41,953.32 points. He slipped just below the temporarily overcome 200-day line, which is important for the long-term trend.

The market -wide S&P 500 ultimately went downhill by 0.22 percent to 5,662.89 points. The technology -based selection index NASDAQ 100 dropped 0.30 percent to 19,677.61 points ./GL/MIS/HE

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