Stock market today: Wall Street steadies following its sell-off as smaller stocks rise up

Wall Street’s split is widening, as smaller stocks and other formerly unloved areas of the market rise up while superstar Big Tech stocks give back more of their stellar gains. The mixed trading left the S&P 500 down by 0.3% Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 180 points, and the Nasdaq composite fell 1.1%. Weighing on Wall Street were continued losses for most of the handful of Big Tech stocks that have driven the S&P 500 to dozens of all-time highs this year. But the majority of stocks were nevertheless rising after a report indicated the U.S. economy's growth accelerated last quarter.