U.S. stocks ended mixed on Thursday, as investors await the outcome of an upcoming meeting on trade policy between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at Friday’s G-20 meeting. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 10.24 points, or 0.04%, to 26,526.58. The S&P 500 rose 11.14 points, or 0.38%, to 2,924.92. The Nasdaq composite gained 57.79 points, or 0.73%, to 7,967.76.
Oil prices ended modestly higher on Thursday to notch a new multiweek high. August West Texas Intermediate crude added 5 cents, or nearly 0.1%, to settle at $59.43 a barrel. August Brent crude tacked on 6 cents, or about 0.1%, to end at a roughly one-month high of $66.55 a barrel.
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