Energy, tech stocks are rare bright spots in final hour of trade
Energy and technology stocks were two rare bright spots in the final hour of trade Thursday, with the three main U.S. equity indexes all on pace for losses.
The S&P 500’s energy sector was up 1.4%, while its information-technology component was 0.1% higher, according to FactSet.
The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average was about 283 points lower, or 0.7%, while the S&P 500 was off 0.5% and the Nasdaq Composite was 0.4% lower.