The
S&P 500 index finished unchanged on Wednesday as investors were
reluctant to make big bets while they waited for the outcomes of major
talks involving Greece and Ukraine, but Apple helped boost the Nasdaq
after an activist investor's bullish comments.
Greek
Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis began tense talks with euro zone
finance ministers on Wednesday after his new leftist-led government won a
parliamentary confidence vote refusing extend an international bailout.
International Monetary Fund Chief Christine Lagarde said going into the
meeting that the process would likely take time.
Adding
to the market's uncertainty, the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and
Ukraine began peace talks in Belarus, while in Ukraine pro-Moscow
separatists tightened the pressure on Kiev by launching some of the
war's worst fighting.
The
Nasdaq .IXIC was boosted late in a lackluster session by a 2.3 percent
gain in Apple Inc (AAPL.O) shares after activist investor Carl Icahn
issued a letter saying the iPhone maker should be valued at $216. Apple
closed at $124.88.
The
Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 6.62 points, or 0.04 percent, to
17,862.14, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 0.06 points, or -0 percent, to
2,068.53 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 13.54 points, or 0.28
percent, to 4,801.18.
Source : Reuters
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