New York - The Nasdaq on Thursday powered closer to 5 000 points while weakness in oil-linked equities kept the Dow and S&P 500 in the red.
The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index jumped 20.75 points (0.42%) to 4 987.89.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 10.15 (0.06%) to 18 124.42, while the broad-based S&P 500 shed 3.12 (0.15%) at 2 110.74.