NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are closing slightly higher, led by a rebound in consumer staples stocks.
The market had fallen to its lowest level since May a day earlier, when Russia massed troops near its border with Ukraine.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 14 points, or 0.1 percent, to close at 16,443 Wednesday.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose a fraction to end at 1,920. The Nasdaq composite rose two points, or 0.1 percent, to 4,355.
Molson Coors rose 6 percent after the company said its second-quarter profit rose 9 percent. Better pricing offset a global decline in the volume of beer sales.
Sprint plunged 19 percent after the company abandoned its pursuit of T-Mobile US.
Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.47 percent.
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