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[NEW YORK] The S&P 500 slipped on Thursday, snapping a three-day streak of gains, as uncertainty over when a trade deal between the United States and China would be reached left investors on edge. Read more at The Business Times.

[NEW YORK] The S&P 500 slipped on Thursday, snapping a three-day streak of gains, as uncertainty over when a trade deal between the United States and China would be reached left investors on edge.

Bloomberg reported on Thursday that a meeting between the two was more likely to take place in April at the earliest.Chipmakers, which rely on China for a large portion of their revenue, lost ground, with the Philadelphia SE chip index off 0.6 per cent."The good news is mildly negative news on China trade doesn't tip the apple cart over anymore," said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at National Securities in New York.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 7.05 points, or 0.03 per cent, to 25,709.94, the S&P 500 lost 2.44 points, or 0.09 per cent, to 2,808.48, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 12.50 points, or 0.16 per cent, to 7,630.91. After the bell, Facebook's stock was down 1.5 per cent after chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg said in a blog post that chief product officer Chris Cox will leave the social media network.

Apple Inc rose 1.1 per cent to US$183.73, extending recent gains, after brokerage Cowen and Co started coverage with an"outperform" rating. An Apple-led technology rally has propped up markets recently.

 

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