The Dow closed above 40,000, passing a long-anticipated benchmark in the last minutes of trading. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was down 0.1%. Other than a late surge in the Dow, it was an uneventful session.
Stock traders are struggling to pick a direction. The three major indexes have wavered between small gains and losses today after marking record levels earlier this week. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq were down by a few points shortly after noon.
Elon Musk’s Tesla has been given the green light to expand its Berlin gigafactory despite environmental activists taking part in huge protests at the plant last week.