Today's Markets

The red glare that has often confronted investors from their trading screens lately faded on Thursday, as stocks held steady following a round of mixed U.S. economic data and a move by the European Central bank to fight inflation.

In abbreviated trading due to the Independence Day holiday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished higher by 73.03 points, or 0.7%, at 11288.54, down 14.9% on the year. It was helped along Thursday by a rebound in component General Motors, whose swoon in the previous session brought the auto maker's shares to levels not seen in a half-century and helped push ...