US Stocks closed mostly unchanged on Thursday.

    The Dow Jones industrial average rose 9.45 points, or 0.05 percent, to 17,660.71.The Standard & Poor's 500 index closed down 0.49 of a point, or 0.02 percent, to 2,050.63. The Nasdaq composite index lost 8.55 points, or 0.2 percent, to 4,717.09.