Why Las Vegas Sands, Whirlpool, and F5 Networks Slumped Today

The stock market lost some of its upward momentum on Thursday, as major market benchmarks finished the day narrowly mixed. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both lost less than 0.1%, but the Dow Jones Industrials managed to post a gain of 32 points, which sent the average above the far less meaningful level of 20,100.