Wall Street Dips Slightly As Oil Prices Rise
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tarabird/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The markets ended the day on Thursday with slight losses, even as the price of oil climbed.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 18,105.77, down 6.84 from its open.
The Nasdaq fell by 3.23 to close just over the 5,000 mark at 5,007.79. The S&P 500 fell by 1.64, finishing the session on Thursday at 2,104.99.
Crude oil futures were up Thursday 32 cents to $56.71 a barrel.
Netflix stock soared 18 percent, after the company reported a surge in subscribers in the first quarter.
The unemployment rate for recent college graduates rose to 12.4 percent last year from just under 11 percent in 2013, according to newly released figures.
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