U.S. stocks close lower amid mixed data
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NEW YORK, June 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended slightly lower on Friday, as investors digested a batch of mixed data.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 34.04 points, or 0.13 percent, to 26,719.13. The S&P 500 shed 3.72 points, or 0.13 percent, to 2,950.46. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 19.63 points, or 0.24 percent, to 8,031.71.
Seven of the 11 primary S&P 500 sectors traded lower around market close, with the real estate sector down 1.1 percent, leading the laggards.
Yet shares of CarMax rose nearly 3.2 percent, after the U.S. used-car retailer reported first-quarter earnings that exceeded market estimates. Its comparable-dealership sales also rose 9.5 percent year on year.
On the economic front, existing-home sales rebounded 2.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.34 million in May from the previous month, the National Association of Realtors said Friday.
The growth came as each of the four major U.S. regions rose in sales, with the Northeast hitting the biggest surge last month.
The seasonally adjusted IHS Markit Flash U.S. Composite PMI Output Index dropped to 50.6 in June from 50.9 in May, according to British information provider IHS Markit.
The reading marks the weakest expansion of business activity for over three years, as the country's private sector output growth has been on the decline since February, due to "less favorable domestic economic conditions" and "a tendency for greater risk aversion." Enditem
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