Stocks Grind In Mixed Trade; McDonald's Jumps

Investor's Business Daily - Investing RSS http://ift.tt/1LlBKA5 Stocks opened tightly mixed Thursday as corporate news and economic data ranged from good and bad to downright ugly. The Dow Jones industrial average held tight to an 0.1% gain. The Nasdaq slipped 0.3%, and the S&P 500 gave up 0.2%. The stock market today launched in rising trade, with volume up about 1% on both the Nasdaq and the NYSE, compared to action at the same time Wednesday. A positive weekly jobless claims report before the open appeared