What Happened in the Stock Market Today

Indexes ended August with an indecisive session ahead of the Labor Day weekend. Major benchmarks opened higher but seesawed between gains and losses, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) closing up, but the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) ending the day basically flat. The materials sector was the strongest, while consumer stocks were the laggards.

Data source: Yahoo! Finance.

As for individual stocks, investors dumped shares of Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA) after it issued terrible guidance, but snapped up Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB) in the wake of better-than-expected results.

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