Major US stock indexes completed the session in different directions

The main US stock indexes finished trading without a single dynamic, but with a slight change. Shares in the health sector received momentum after the Republicans unveiled a bill to abolish Obamacare, while the energy sector was supported by the resumption of rising oil prices.

In addition, as it became known, the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits increased slightly last week, but remains at the level corresponding to the hard labor market. Initial applications for unemployment benefits increased by 3000 to 241,000, seasonally adjusted for the week ending June 17, the Ministry of Labor said. Economists had expected jobless claims to increase to 240,000 over the past week.

However, home prices in the US rose in April by 0.7% compared to the previous month, according to the seasonally adjusted housing price index (HPI) from the Federal Agency for Housing Finance (FHFA). The previously reported increase of 0.6% in March was revised upward to + 0.7%.

It is also worth noting that the index of leading indicators from the Conference Board for the US increased by 0.3% in May to 127.0 after an increase of 0.2% in April and 0.4% in March.

Most of the components of the DOW index finished the auction mixed (15 in positive territory, 15 in negative territory). The leader of growth was the shares of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ, + 0.90%). More shares fell The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS, -1.13%).

Most sectors of the S & P index showed a decline. The leader of growth was the healthcare sector (+ 1.3%). The conglomerate sector fell most of all (-0.3%).

At closing:

DJIA -0.06% 21,397.29 -12.74

Nasdaq + 0.04% 6.236.69 + 2.74

S & P -0.05% 2,434.50 -1.11