Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq falter as Wall Street eyes fallout from US shutdown

US stocks edged lower on Thursday as investors absorbed the end of the longest government shutdown in US history, weighing its impact on the economy and the path of interest rates. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) led losses with a nearly 0.8% drop, while those on the S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell 0.5%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (^DJI) slipped 0.2%, coming off the second record close in a row for the blue-chip benchmark. A bill ending the record-setting 43-day US federal shutdown was signed by ...