Wall Street closes around highs but mixed on the day

FXStreet (San Francisco) - US stocks finished Thursday with a mixed note as investors digested geopolitical tensions and declines in gold and oil. The S&P and Nasdaq turned positive ate in the session.

After a light economic calendar, investors are focused on tomorrow consumer data and also speculations in possible interest rate hike.

The Dow Jones declined 19.71 pts or 0.12% to finish the day at 17,049.00; the S&P 500 advanced 1.76 pts or 0.09% to close at 1,997.45; while the Nasdaq Composite added 5.28 pts or 0.12% to 4,591.81.