U.S. stocks edged lower on the last trading day of 2021, indicating a quiet finish in a year of repeated records on Wall Street on low interest rates and the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines.
The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average both bounced between small gains and losses after the opening bell, before slipping into the red as the New Year’s Eve trading session wore on. Both were down about 0.1% in recent trading, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.2%.