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.

Data source: Yahoo! Finance.

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.

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Source Fool.com