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NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended mixed on Tuesday as investors(投资者) pulled back after Monday's big gains.
The Dow Jones industrial average added 20.43 points, or 0.18 percent, to 11,691.18. The Standard & Poor's 500 index dipped(下降) 1.69 points, or 0.13 percent, to 1,270.20 and the Nasdaq fell 10.27 points, or 0.38 percent, to 2,681.25.
Major indexes fell in the morning session after opening moderately(适度地) higher, even as the factory goods orders came in better than expected. According to the Commerce Department, orders for factory goods rose 0.7 percent in November, while analysts1 were expecting a small drop.
Meanwhile, the sell-off in commodities exerted heavy pressure on stock market. Gold futures2 on Tuesday took their biggest plunge3 in six months as optimism about the global economy dimmed the metal's safe-haven appeal.
Gold for February delivery fell 44.10 dollars, or 3.1 percent, to settle at 1,378.80 dollars an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Silver lost more than 5 percent, while copper4 ended 2 percent lower, giving up the previous session ' s record high.
Stocks trimmed some losses after the Federal Reserve released the minutes from its December policy meeting.
"While the economic outlook was seen as improving, members generally felt that the change in the outlook was not sufficient to warrant any adjustments to the asset-purchase program, and some noted5 that more time was needed to accumulate information on the economy before considering any adjustment," the Fed said.
On corporate6 front, auto7 makers8 got boosted on Tuesday after major car companies reported strong sales.
Ford9 Motor's sales jumped 15 percent and it grabbed market share from rivals for the second year in a row. General Motors's sales rose 6.3 percent while Chrysler climbed 17 percent, an impressive rebound10 from 2009 when the two companies restructured in bankruptcy11 court.
Shares of Motorola's successors jumped after the company officially split into the two entities12 on Tuesday.
Motorola Mobility13, doing its former parent's consumer-focused smart phone and set-top-box businesses, soared nearly 10 percent, while Motorola Solutions, focusing on operations that make hand- held communication devices, rallied 6.6 percent.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)
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n.期货,期货交易 | |
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v.跳入,(使)投入,(使)陷入;猛冲 | |
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n.铜;铜币;铜器;adj.铜(制)的;(紫)铜色的 | |
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adj.著名的,知名的 | |
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adj.共同的,全体的;公司的,企业的 | |
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n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车 | |
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n.制造者,制造商(maker的复数形式) | |
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n.浅滩,水浅可涉处;v.涉水,涉过 | |
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10 rebound | |
v.弹回;n.弹回,跳回 | |
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n.破产;无偿付能力 | |
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实体对像; 实体,独立存在体,实际存在物( entity的名词复数 ) | |
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n.可动性,变动性,情感不定 | |
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