NEW YORK, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks closed mixed on Friday, as investors digested the latest economic data as well as quarterly corporate earnings reports.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 25.23 points, or 0.09 percent, to 29,398.08. The S&P 500 was up 6.22 points, or 0.18 percent, to 3,380.16. The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 19.21 points, or 0.20 percent, to 9,731.18.
On the data front, the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index came in at 100.9 for February, higher than January's 99.8.
An advance estimate of U.S. retail and food services sales for January 2020, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, was 529.8 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 0.3 percent from the previous month, and 4.4 percent above January 2019, the U.S. Commerce Department said Friday.
In corporate news, Nvidia reported quarterly results on Thursday after the closing bell that beat analysts' expectations.
The semiconductor company registered revenue of 3.11 billion dollars, up 41 percent from a year earlier. Its GAAP earnings per diluted share for the quarter were 1.53 dollars, up 66 percent from a year ago.
Its shares soared 7 percent for the day.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 25.23 points, or 0.09 percent, to 29,398.08. The S&P 500 was up 6.22 points, or 0.18 percent, to 3,380.16. The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 19.21 points, or 0.20 percent, to 9,731.18.
On the data front, the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index came in at 100.9 for February, higher than January's 99.8.
An advance estimate of U.S. retail and food services sales for January 2020, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, was 529.8 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 0.3 percent from the previous month, and 4.4 percent above January 2019, the U.S. Commerce Department said Friday.
In corporate news, Nvidia reported quarterly results on Thursday after the closing bell that beat analysts' expectations.
The semiconductor company registered revenue of 3.11 billion dollars, up 41 percent from a year earlier. Its GAAP earnings per diluted share for the quarter were 1.53 dollars, up 66 percent from a year ago.
Its shares soared 7 percent for the day.
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