American equity markets finished Thursday’s trading session mixed as a bearish report from JP Morgan dragged the Dow and S&P 500 lower. In fact, the Dow and S&P 500 both finished the day lower by about 0.3% while the tech-heavy Nasdaq, boosted in part by strength in giants such as Apple, Google, and Intel, rose about 0.6% on the day. Commodity markets were also weaker as the headline commodities of gold and oil finished the day lower with gold sinking 0.8% and oil falling by about 1.2% in the session. Beyond these products, investors saw a choppy session in the natural resource space as industrial metals sank but some softs, namely coffee, orange juice and sugar, rose higher on the session. In currency trading, the dollar was more or less flat on the day as the U.S. dollar index slipped to just below the $77 mark. The dollar finished mixed [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: Daily ETF Roundup: DBB Sinks On Copper’s Slide, DBA Jumps On Grains’ Surge Daily ETF Roundup: XLF Plunges On European Downgrades, XLP Rises On Safe Haven Demand Daily ETF Roundup: XLF Jumps On European Hopes, QQQ Struggles Thanks To Tech Slump Daily ETF Roundup: XLF Soars On Euro Zone Hopes, GLD Continues Slide On Market Optimism Daily ETF Roundup: DBA Slumps On Grain Hopes, IYT Surges On Railroad Strength