US stocks mixed as markets try to shake off economic concerns

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NEW YORK – Wall Street stocks logged a mixed showing on Monday, as investors tried to look past weaker than expected economic data.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average retreated 0.3 percent to 38,571.03, while the broad-based S&P 500 edged up by 0.1 percent to 5,283.40.
The tech-focused Nasdaq Composite Index rose by 0.6 percent to 16,828.67.
The Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) manufacturing index came in at 48.7 percent for May — signaling that manufacturing activity contracted for a second straight month.
The figure was also below market expectations.
But investors appeared to have shrugged off the ISM data as the trading day proceeded, noted First National Bank of Omaha chief investment officer Kurt Spieler.
“But it’s another indication, in our opinion, that the economy is slowing,” he said.
Spieler added that the market is still showing some resilience and appears optimistic that there will be a “soft landing” for the world’s biggest economy — meaning a cooldown in inflation without a damaging downturn.
Among individual companies, Nvidia shares advanced 4.9 percent after the chip giant unveiled new products and plans to speed up the advance of artificial intelligence.
GameStop shares surged 21 percent after a social media post associated with influential investor Keith Gill.
Later this week, markets are looking ahead to US jobs data and an expected interest rate decision from the European Central Bank.