What Happened in the Stock Market Today

Major market benchmarks waffled between positive and negative territory on Thursday as investors weighed a slate of mostly strong earnings reports against comments from U.S. Federal Reserve officials indicating the central bank is unlikely to reduce rates again next month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) posted mixed results.

Data source: Yahoo! Finance.

As for individual stocks, disparate quarterly reports left shares of Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) and L Brands (NYSE: LB) traveling in different directions.

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