Monday, May 20th, 2024 Record-high closes on the Dow take a break today. After opening the first session of the trading week higher, the blue-chip index slipped into the red around lunchtime and was not able to recover, -0.49%, or -196 points — back below the 40,003 close on Friday. The S&P 500 came closer to a new record high close — +0.09% to 5308 — while the Nasdaq’s +108 points for the session, +0.65%, did bring the tech-heavy index to a fresh closing high: 16,794. The small-cap Russell 2000 was up +0.3 ...