Electric car manufacturer Tesla continued this week’s downtrend, down all days, with another loss. The stock fell 0.3 percent.
Investors are extremely sensitive to any signs that could affect the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy. Good Friday will see the Department of Labor’s big jobs report and a continued increase in unemployment may cause the Fed to hold back on interest rate hikes.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed unchanged, the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index rose 0.8 percent and the broad S&P 500 rose 0.4 percent.