NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended a solid quarter with the barest of moves on Thursday, as investors looked ahead to Friday's U.S. jobs report to provide a catalyst to push indexes to new highs for the year.
For the day, based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was down 30.88 points, or 0.25 percent, to end unofficially at 12,319.73. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> was down 2.43 points, or 0.18 percent, to finish unofficially at 1,325.83. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> was up 4.28 points, or 0.15 percent, to close unofficially at 2,781.07.
For the quarter, the Dow gained 6.4 percent, while the S&P rose 5.4 percent and the Nasdaq added 4.8 percent.
Also, the S&P small-cap index <.SML> closed at a new all-time high.
(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Jan Paschal)